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Definition of Sodalite

1. Noun. A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks.

Definition of Sodalite

1. n. A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.

Definition of Sodalite

1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral of alkaline igneous and plutonic rocks that are low in silica, of the chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate with chlorine, Na₄Al₃Si₃O₁₂Cl. Pink sodalite is sometimes called ''hackmanite''. Sodalite and lazurite form the ''sodalite Group'' of silicate minerals. ¹

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Definition of Sodalite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sodalite

1. A mineral of a white to blue or gray colour, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine. Origin: Soda: cf. F. Sodalithe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sodalite

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1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"sodalite. occurrence. — sodalite is sodium aluminum silicate with some chloride. sodalite occurs as an original constituent in the igneous rocks, ..."

2. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1908)
"Cancrinite occurs only in ela?olite syenite, closely associated with nephelite and sodalite. It alters into a zeolitic substance, " spreu- stein," in which ..."

3. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"Index of refraction low: sodalite, % = 1.4827 (Feussner) ... sodalite. Chemical Composition.—Na4(AlCl)Al2(Si04)3 or 3(NaA!SiO4)-r- l = 3(Na2O-Al2O3-2SiO2) + ..."

4. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"It is most easily confused with leucite, sodalite, and nepheline. sodalite Group (2) The usual crystal form of the minerals of the sodalite group is the ..."

5. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"THE sodalite GROUP Another characteristic alkali-silicate "of the ... seems to be isomorphous with sodalite ; this mineral is remarkable as one of the ..."

6. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"sodalite will be found to dissolve without ... slightly acid solution of lead acetate are placed upon a thin section of sodalite upon which, previously, ..."

7. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"sodalite will be found to dissolve without gelatinization in ... solution of lead acetate are placed upon a thin section of sodalite upon which, previously, ..."

8. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"It is most easily confused with leucite, sodalite, and nepheline. sodalite Group (2) The usual crystal form of the minerals of the sodalite group is the ..."

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