A geological process in which rocks are chemically altered to form or become enriched in albite mineral, often due to heat and pressure deep underground.
From albite + '-ization' (suffix indicating a process or change), describing the transformation or replacement of minerals to form albite.
Albitization can transform completely different minerals into albite through hydrothermal fluids, which is why geologists can track the 'history' of a rock by looking for albitization evidence.
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