Sodalite
Pronounced (so-dah-light)
Associated Chakras: Throat & Third Eye
Benefits:
❖Communication And Efficiency Stone
❖ Great For Meditation As It Quiets The Mind
❖ Helps You To Speak Your Truth
❖ Encourages Emotional Balance And Peacefulness
❖ Promotes Productivity And Inspiration
How it is formed: Discovered on the southwest coast of Greenland in 1811, sodalite did not become popular until discovered in Ontario Canada in 1891 where it then was recognized for all of its beauty. It is formed as vein fillings in igneous rocks that are high in sodium. “Good crystals are found in nepheline syenite at Ditro, in Hungary, in the lavas of Mte. Somma, Italy; in the pegmatites of southern Norway; and at many other points where nepheline rocks occur. In North America it is abundant in the rocks at Brome, near Montreal; in the Crazy Mts., Montana, and at Litchfield, Maine. The material at the last-named locality is light blue.”
Color: normally transparent to translucent deep blue, green, violet, yellow with white striping but can be opaque in large sizes
Mohs: 5.5- 6
Compound: Silicate and chloride of sodium and aluminum Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Fun Facts:
Called The Princess Blue Because It Was Found When A Royal Family Was Visiting Canada, Where It Was Discovered
Popular In Jewelry Because It Is Easy To Work With
Research Has Found The Earliest Sodalite Documented Was Traded In Ancient Peru And Bolivia Around 2500 BC