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feldspar minerals

  • Figure 1: Schematic diagram showing ordered (left) and disordered (right) arrays within a structure having two kinds of sites (type 1 and type 2) and two types of occupants (x atoms and y atoms). In the ordered structure all x atoms are distributed uniformly in the spaces between the y atoms, whereas in the disordered structure no regular arrangement obtains.
    In feldspar: Chemical composition

    …are along the alkali-feldspar (Or-Ab) join (the boundary line between the phases). As indicated, sanidine and anorthoclase are high-temperature alkali feldspars, and perthite is their low-temperature analogue. Sanidine is a single-phase alkali feldspar; although frequently described chemically by the formula (K, Na)AlSi3O8, most analyzed specimens of sanidine range between Or50…

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