Albite

[From Lat. alb us, white) ( Min.) An unsilicate, triclinic white crystal of the Feldspar group. Comp. silica 68-6 alumina 19-6, soda 11-8. It is a constituent of several rocks. Different varieties are found in the United States. Al'boin, a king of Lombardy, who, after having slain Cunimund, King of the Gepide, married his daughter Rosamond. He was slain in 574, by an a a in instigated by his wife. He had incurred her hatred by sending her, during one of his fits of intoxication, a cup, wrought from the skull of her father, filled with wine, and forcing her, according to his own words, to drink with her father. This incident has been introduced by Alfieri, in a very pathetic manner, in his tragedy called Rosmunda . Al'bon, JACQUES D' See ANDRÉ, ST.