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Publication
Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen
Paper
Scanning force microscopy on albite cleavage surfaces
Abstract
Surfaces of low-albite crystals, a member of the natural feldspar group, were studied by scanning force microscopy immediately after cleavage. Data presented exhibit typical steps corresponding to the atomic structure of a bite. After exposure of the albite surface to ambient air we observed a time-dependent change in surface morphology emulating from the step edges. To explain such phenomena we propose an atomic model.