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Aegirine

A sodium-ferric monoclinic iron silicate, NaFe3+Si2O6, which occurs in soda-rich igneous rock

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Adit

A horizontal opening driven into a hill or mountain for providing access to minerals

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Actinolite

A monoclinic mineral with prismatic cleavage, 2[Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2]

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Alkali

A strongly basic substance, such as a carbonate or hydroxide of an alkali metal

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Actinide

A series of elements, all of which are radioactive with atomic numbers greater than 88

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Albite

A triclinic mineral, NaAlSi3O8; a member of the plagioclase and the alkali feldspar series having prismatic cleavage; a common rock-forming mineral in felsic igneous rocks