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(Created page with "== Introduction == Sodalite is a rich royal blue Tectosilicate mineral widely used as an ornamental gemstone. Although massive sodalite samples are opaque, crystals are usually transparent to translucent. Sodalite is a member of the sodalite group with hauyne, nosean, lazurite and tugtupite. == Discovery and Name == Sodalite was first discovered by Europeans in 1811 in the Ilimaussaq intrusive complex in Greenland. The name 'sodalite' comes from the Greek lang...") |
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Sodalite is a rich royal blue mineral widely enjoyed as an ornamental gemstone. Although massive sodalite samples are opaque, crystals are usually transparent to translucent. Sodalite is a member of the sodalite group with hauyne, nosean, lazurite and tugtupite. | Sodalite is a rich royal blue mineral widely enjoyed as an ornamental gemstone. Although massive sodalite samples are opaque, crystals are usually transparent to translucent. Sodalite is a member of the sodalite group with hauyne, nosean, lazurite and tugtupite. | ||
[[Image:Detail-146071.jpg|thumb|center|Close-up image of a polished sodalite gemstone showing its characteristic deep blue color and white veins.]] | |||
== Chemical Composition == | == Chemical Composition == | ||