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Sodalite Na Al Si O CL

Crystals rare, typically dodecahedra, to 10 cm; as embedded grains or massive. Physical properties: poor. Fracture: Uneven to conchoidal. Tenacity: Brittle. Colorless, white, yellowish, greenish, light to dark blue, reddish; in thin section, colorless to gray.

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Sodalite Na Al Si O CL

Crystals rare, typically dodecahedra, to 10 cm; as embedded grains or massive. Physical properties: poor. Fracture: Uneven to conchoidal. Tenacity: Brittle. Colorless, white, yellowish, greenish, light to dark blue, reddish; in thin section, colorless to gray.

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Sodalite Na

8
Al
6
Si
6
O
24
Cl
2
c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2
Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 43m: Crystals rare, typically dodecahedra, to 10 cm; as
embedded grains or massive. Twinning: On f111g, common, forming pseudohexagonal prisms by
elongation along [111].
Physical Properties: Cleavage: f110g, poor. Fracture: Uneven to conchoidal.
Tenacity: Brittle. Hardness = 5.5{6 D(meas.) = 2.27{2.33 D(calc.) = 2.31 Bright red-orange
cathodoluminescence and uorescence under LW and SW UV, with yellowish phosphorescence;
may be photochromic in magentas; may give o the odor of H
2
S on fracture.
Optical Properties: Transparent to translucent. Color: Colorless, white, yellowish, greenish,
light to dark blue, reddish; in thin section, colorless to gray. Streak: White. Luster: Vitreous to
greasy.
Optical Class: Isotropic. n = 1.483{1.487
Cell Data: Space Group: P43n: a = 8.870{8.882 Z = 1
X-ray Powder Pattern: Ice River, Canada. (ICDD 20-1070).
3.63 (100), 6.30 (80), 2.10 (80), 2.57 (70), 2.38 (70), 1.569 (60), 1.480 (60)
Chemistry: (1)
SiO
2
37.95
Al
2
O
3
31.42
FeO 0.39
MnO 0.08
Na
2
O 24.16
K
2
O 0.05
Cl 7.33
SO
3
0.09
O = Cl
2
1.65
Total 99.82
(1) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Na
7:50
Fe
0:05
Al
5:93
Si
6: 07
O
23:83
[Cl
1: 99
(SO
4
)
0:01
]
=2:00
:
Mineral Group: Sodalite group.
Occurrence: Formed in nepheline syenites, phonolites, and related rock types.
In metasomatized calcareous rocks, and in cavities in ejected volcanic blocks.
Association: Nepheline, cancrinite, titanian andradite, aegirine, microcline, sanidine, albite,
calcite, uorite, ankerite, barite.
Distribution: Widespread; some prominent localities include: on the Kangerdluarssuk Plateau
and around the Tunugdliark Fjord, in the Ilmaussaq intrusion, southern Greenland. From
the Langesundsfjord, Norway. In the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
From Monte Somma and Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. At the Bellerberg volcano, two km north of
Mayen, and elsewhere in the Eifel district, Germany. From Litcheld, Kennebec Co., Maine, and
at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA. In Canada, from Bancroft, Ontario; at Mont
Saint-Hilaire, Quebec; and along the Ice River, at Kicking Horse Pass, British Columbia. From
Cerro Sapo, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Name: In allusion to its sodium content.
References: (1) Dana, E.S. (1892) Dana's system of mineralogy, (6th edition), 429{431.
(2) Deer, W.A., R.A. Howie, and J. Zussman (1963) Rock-forming minerals, v. 4, framework
silicates, 289{302. (3) Peterson, R.C. (1983) The structure of hackmanite, a variety of sodalite,
from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Can. Mineral., 21, 549{552. (4) Hassan, I. and H.D. Grundy
(1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals. Acta Cryst., 40, 6{13.
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