albite

Detrital albite is widespread, though inconspicuous, in the feldspathic sandstone bodies hosted by the Tsumeb pipe structure (Lombaard et al. 1986).

Crystals of albite of diagenetic origin occur between 12 and 18 levels in horizons believed to be of evaporitic origin within the dolostone country rock (Hughes 1987).

Lombaard et al. (1986) include albite as a very early mineral in their proposed hypogene paragenetic sequence, implying the occurrence of albite as a primary gangue mineral.

almandine; biotite series; calcite; chalcopyrite; clinochlore; epidote; fayalite; fluorapatite; graphite; ilmenite; kaolinite; magnetite; microcline; montmorillonite; muscovite; orthoclase; pyrite; quartz; rutile; titanite; tourmaline supergroup; zircon