Mineral phase
- IMA name
- Feldspars group
- Class
- silicate mineral
- Compound type
- tektosilicate
- Comments
- K-Na series of Feldspar
- Formula
- $(K,Na,Ca,Ba)(Al,Si)AlSi_2O_8$
- Chemical formula
- (Ca,Na,K,Ba)(Al,Si)AlSi2O8
- Elemental formula
- (Ca)0-1 (Na)0-1 (K)0-1 (Ba)0-1 (Al)1-2 (Si)2-3 O8
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Composition comments
- Limited solid solution beetween Ca-K - Common impurities: Mg, Fe, Rb
- Oxides
-
Formula $CaO$ $Na_{2}O$ $K_{2}O$ $BaO$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $SiO_{2}$ Mass fraction (%)
Strunz
- Class
- silicates (09)
- Division
- tektosilicate without zeolitic H2O (09.F)
- Family
- without additional non-tetrahedral anions, (Al,B):Si = 1:1 (09.FA)
Dana
- Major class
- silicates (VIII)
- Class
- tectosilicate Al-Si framework (76)
- Type
- with Al-Si frameworks (76.01)
- Group
- N/A (N/A)
- End-members
- Members
-
- Orthoclase (Na (Ab) = 0-10% - Ca = 0-10% - K (Or) = 90-100% (monoclinic))
- Microcline (Na (Ab) = 0-10% - Ca = 0-10% - K (Or) = 90-100% (triclinic))
- Sanidine (Na (Ab) = 10-64% - Ca = 0-10% - K (Or) = 36-90% (monoclinic))
- Anorthoclase (Na (Ab) = 64-90% - Ca = 0-10% - K (Or) = 10-36% (triclinic))
- Albite (Na (Ab) = 90-100% - Ca = 0-10% - K (Or) = 0-10% (triclinic))
- Oligoclase (Na (Ab) = 70-90% - Ca = 10-30% - K (Or) = 0-10% (triclinic))
- Andesine (Na (Ab) = 50-70% - Ca = 30-50% - K (Or) = 0-10% (triclinic))
- Labradorite (Na (Ab) = 30-50% - Ca = 50-70% - K (Or) = 0-10% (triclinic))
- Bytownite (Na (Ab) = 10-30% - Ca = 80-90% - K (Or) = 0-10% (triclinic))
- Anorthite (Na (Ab) = 0-10% - Ca (An) = 90-100% - K (Or) = 0-10% (triclinic))
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- various
- Crystal class
- various
- Crystal class symbol
- various
- Crystal spacegroup
- various
- Molar mass
- 263.02 - 278.33 $g/mol$
- Density
- 2.56 - 2.76 $g/cm^3$
- State NTP
- solid
- Refringence type
- biaxial
- Refringence sign
- positive or negative
- Birefringence
- 0.005 - 0.012
- Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
- 1.518 - 1.576
- Refraction index $n_{\beta}$
- 1.522 - 1.583
- Refraction index $n_{\gamma}$
- 1.523 - 1.588
- Dispersion V
- weak to relatively strong
- Color
- colorless, white, gray, greenish, bluish green, grayish yellow, white, pink
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to subtranslucent
- Luster
- vitreous