The typical crystal has a nearly rectangular or square cross-section with slightly slanted dome and pinacoid terminations. Twinning is almost universal in albite. Crystals can be twinned according to the Albite, Carlsbad, Manebach and Baveno laws . Albite is a common constituent of granitic and syenite rocks. Can also be massive.
Cleavage is perfect in one and good in another direction forming nearly right angled prisms.
Fracture is conchoidal. Hardness is 6 - 6.5. Streak is white. Associated Minerals are quartz , tourmaline and muscovite . Lamellar twinning may cause a grooved effect on cystal surfaces that appear as striations.