Abstract Plagioclase records characteristic shock features that constrain meteorite impact conditions, but its phase evolution along the Hugoniot remains unresolved. We investigated shock‐induced phase transition in albite using in situ X‐ray diffraction during laser‐driven shock at 14–66 GPa. Albite retained its crystal structure up to at least 14 GPa and underwent complete amorphization above 28 GPa, at pressures lower than those reported in shock‐recovery experiments. No hollandite‐type phase