coupled substitution
chemistry
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cation exchange
- In mineral: Compositional variation
…such as this are termed coupled substitutions. The plagioclase feldspar series exhibits complete solid solution, in the form of coupled substitutions, between its two end-members, albite (NaAlSi3O8) and anorthite (CaAl2Si2O8). Every atomic substitution of Na+ by Ca2+ is accompanied by the replacement of a
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