Calcium aluminosilicate

Calcium aluminosilicate, an aluminosilicate compound with calcium cations, most typically has formula CaAl₂Si₂O₈.

As a food additive, it is sometimes designated "E556".

In minerals, as a feldspar, it can be found as anorthite, an end-member of the plagioclase series.

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