• The replacement of plagioclase feldspars by albite: observations from hydrothermal experiments 

      Hövelmann, Jörn; Putnis, Andrew; Geisler, Thorsten; Schmidt, Burkhard; Golla-Schindler, Ute (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2009)
      Oligoclase and labradorite crystals have been experimentally replaced by albite in an aqueous sodium silicate solution at 600°C and 2 kbars. The replacement is pseudomorphic and is characterised by a sharp chemical interface ...