Sodalite
Sodalite is chemically known as Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride and it is a colored semi-precious gemstone.
Sodalite
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Sodalite is named in reference to the sodium content it has. It is found in light to dark pure blue color and is well known in the semi-precious stone world.
Sodalite often resembles lapis lazuli, and like it is used in abundance for cabochons and ornamental objects. Some tiny crystals from Namibia have been faceted, but these are quite rare.
SODALITE
Overview: Sodalite was first discovered in 1891 at a deposit near Bancroft, Ontario by Frank D. Sodalite is composed of Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride.
Sodalite:
Higher Ground
One of the most challenging aspects of human anatomy is that the brain is divided into two hemispheres: one devoted to rational, linear thinking, the other to imagination and intuition.
Enhancements
Sodalite is rarely dyed.
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Sodalite ...
Sodalite
aka Canadian Blue Stone, Canadian Lapis
Sodalite is characterized by its dark, intense blue color with white and sometimes yellow streaks.
Sodalite - A mineral which is a component of lapis and generally translucent, usually blue in colour
Solitaire - A single stone in a simple setting
Spinel - A gemstone found in a wide range of colours, the most valuable resembling ruby ...
SODALITE
Sodalite is a dark blue mineral with streaks of white, gray, pink, or green. It is used for carvings and jewelry. Sodalite is one of the mineral components of lapis lazuli. .
Sodalite
Beautiful deep blue-violet sodalite that is accented with white streaks of calcite. A wonderful lapis lazuli look-alike. This gemstone come from Brazil. Sodalite is the gemstone guardian for heroes and heroines ...
Sodalite: An opaque blue-white silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine, (sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride). It looks similar to Lapis, and is a component of Lapis, occurring in massive dodecahedrons and found in igneous rocks.
Sodalite
The stone of the higher mind, Sodalite encourages rational and logical thinking, hence helps minimize confusion. It balances the mental state and brings clarity of mind.
Sodalite
Whose name reflects its sodium content, is found in all shades of blue and is a major constituent of the rock lapis lazuli.
Spinel ...
Sodalite. Intuitive knowledge, clears the mind and promotes understanding of ideas and concepts. Useful for student and philosopher. Strengthens communication and rational thinking.
Sodalite
A medium to dark blue semiprecious stone that contains patches and veins of white (white calcite) and copper. While sodalite can also be found in grey and white, blue is generally used to produce jewelry.
Split ring ...
Sodalite
the name signifies the stone's sodium content
Color: White, blue, grey
Hardness: 5.5 to 6
Transparency: Transparent to opaque ...
Sodalite syenite.
SX -
Incorrectly called sodalite xenolith,
proper name is tawite.
Sodalite is a rare, rich, royal blue mineral that, along with hauyne, nosean and lazurite, is a common component of Lapis Lazuli. It helps to calm and clear the mind, bring joy and relieve to a heavy heart.
Sodalite
Sometimes referred to as the stone of endurance, this stone helps you to be grounded and focused before beginning any task. It assists one in following through to completion of tasks and goals with ease.
25. Sodalite (dark blue, black and white pattern)
26. Sugilite (magenta)
27. Smoky Quartz (transparent light brown) ...
Magnetite and sodalite are placed in this category.
TETRAHEXAHEDRON:
Fluorite, magnetite or copper and garnet are examples of this form.
[Topaz, sunstone, sodalite, serpentine: all poor]
GEMS OF INTERMEDIATE TOUGHNESS ...
see sodalite
Color: light pink to light yellow
Comments: this variety of sodalite, when exposed to SW UV causes yellow an colorless to change to bright orange for a very short time. Halite ... {hay'-lite}...salt
Crystallography:isometric ...
Sodalite
Sodalite is a blue mineral composed of sodium, aluminum, silica and choride. It has only been found in limited locations where quartz is absent and has a hardness of 5.5-6.
The components of lapis lazuli include sodalite minerals, calcite, and pyrite. The sodalite minerals are the blue part, the calcite is white, and the pyrite is the "gold flecks" commonly visible in lapis lazuli.
Lapis lazuli is a rock aggregate made up from - predominantly - the minerals lazurite, sodalite, nosalite and hauyne. It has a typical cobalt blue color, often with patches of pyrite (golden) and/ or calcite (white).
Chemical Composition: aggregate of several minerals, including hauyne (which lends the stone its color), sodalite, nosean, and lazurite (a combination of hauyne and sodalite)
Crystal System: the four minerals above belong to the cubic system ...
Rock made primarily of lazurite (Na, Ca)8(Al, Si)12O24(S, SO4). Also contains haüyne, sodalite and nosean, which are all members of the sodalite group.
Hardness (Mohs)
Variable. Generally 5-6 ...
Smoky topaz: see SMOKY QUARTZ Sodalite: Whose name reflects its sodium content, is found in all shades of blue and is a major constituent of the rock lapis lazuli.
Lapis Lazuli - a dark blue rock which is composed of several minerals. It contains a large percentage of sodalite. The white color comes from calcite and the sparkling gold flecks come from the pyrite content.
Lapis is considered a rock, not a mineral. It combines various minerals, mostly lazurite, but also contains calcite (white), sodalite (blue) and pyrite (fools' gold, a metallic yellow) and to be considered a mineral it would have only one component.
The characteristic blue comes from sodalite minerals, with any white coming from calcite, and its sparkling gold flecks from pyrite.
Dumortierite
A borosilicate mineral, typically blue or violet in colour. Similar in appearance to sodalite and lazurite, it is commonly used to imitate Lapis Lazuli ...
Lapis Lazuli is often flecked with golden pyrite, sodalite, and/or calcite inclusions. Lapis lazuli commonly forms as veins or layers in crystalline limestone, as a byproduct of contact, or thermal metamorphism.
Around the Edinburgh - North Berwick - Trapain Law area, pectolite, prehnite and fluorapophyllite (the latter as pyramidal crystals) have been recorded as well as nepheline and sodalite.
Lapis lazuli contains the minerals calcite (which decreases its value), pyrite (which can increase its value), and sodalite. Swiss lapis is not Lapis lazuli at all; it is dyed jasper.
Each of these rhomb-shaped faces intersects two of the axes at equidistance and is parallel to the 3rd axis, thus the notation {011}. The different mineral species of the garnet group often display this form. Magnetite and sodalite sometimes exhibit ...
colored with cobalt oxide, with a good lapis color made an appearance on the market. Inclusions of thin gold pieces simulated the pyrite and improved the character of the genuine stone. Can be confused with azurite, dumortierite, lazulite, sodalite ...
SODALITE Access to subconscious and intuitive abilities, enhanced insight and mental performance
SPIDER JASPER Elemental magic, health and well being, physical energy ...
 See also: Stone, Crystal, Quartz, Crystals, Color
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