Sodalite is an opaque gemstone though it is slightly translucent on thin edges. Sodalite is a blue gemstone almost invariably veined with white streaks or markings. As you look upon its beautiful dark blue core spotted with an infinity of white lines and freckles it immediately transports you to the highest of spiritual planes where confusion and chaos have no power. Sodalite beads are popular in beaded necklaces earrings and bracelets. In the spiritual sense sodalite gives us a sense of calm to weather the storms of life.
Sodalite is an amazing royal blue gemstone with white calcite specks scattered on it. Sodalite is a member of the sodalite group with hauyne nosean lazurite and tugtupite. It is often confused with lapis lazuli gemstone. It is chemically known sodium aluminum silicate chloride and has a hardness of about 5 5 6 0 mohs. Sodalite also makes attractive cabochon pendants rings and earrings.
The name sodalite comes from the greek words soda and lithos meaning salt stone. The spiritual meanings of sodalite are wisdom clarity of thought creativity and cosmic beauty. First discovered by europeans in 1811 in the ilimaussaq intrusive complex in greenland sodalite did not become important as an ornamental stone until 1891 when vast deposits of fine material were di. Different shades of blue will often be present in a single gemstone. Sodalite is a stone that contains within its atoms all the beauty of the heavens.
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Sodalite is a rich royal blue tectosilicate mineral with the formula na 8cl 2 widely used as an ornamental gemstone. Beads can be spherical tubular square or tumbled. Its ideal color is an intense blue and it comes in all shades of blue from light blue to deep royal blue and from grayish blue to violet. Sodalite is a rich royal blue tectosilicate mineral with the formula na 8cl 2 widely used as an ornamental gemstone. The name sodalite comes from the greek words soda and lithos meaning salt stone.Its ideal color is an intense blue and it comes in all shades of blue from light blue to deep royal blue and from grayish blue to violet. Sodalite is an amazing royal blue gemstone with white calcite specks scattered on it. Sodalite is an opaque gemstone though it is slightly translucent on thin edges.
