Presentation :

Name :

• Sodalite or Hackmanite.

Etymology :

1. Sodalite: According to chemical composition (Thomson, 1811).
2. Hackmanite: According to the Finnish geologist Victor Hackman.

Group, Family:

• Group of Sodalites

Color :

1. Sodalite: Blue to Blue-gray, Dark blue, Blue-mauve.
2. Hackmanite: Pink Pink-magenta to dark magenta sometimes Yellow to dark yellow or Colorless to whitish, Strong reversible photochromic phenomenon which can make the stone Red-magenta, Violet, Blue-purple, dark magenta, depending on the ratio of UV received.

Chandelier:

• Glassy to Bold.

Origin :

1. Sodalite: Italy, Portugal, Greenland, Bolivia, Africa: Namibia, etc.
2. Hackmanite: Canada, Quebec, Pakistan, etc.

Crystal system:

• Cubic.

Chemical composition :

1. Sodalite: Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2. Blue coloring: Oxygen O- interstitial near aluminum Al or Silicon Si.
2. Hackmanite: Rich in Sulfur (substituting Chlorine). Pink coloring: Unstable electron substituting chlorine Cl- in a tetrahedron of sodium Na+ ions

Transparency:

• Opaque to Translucent | sometimes almost Transparent (Namibia).

Density :

• 2.13 to 2.30.

Hardness :

• 5 to 6.

Cleavage:

• Perfect.

Breakage:

• Conchoidal, Irregular.

Line color:

• White

Shock resistance:

• Average.

Heat resistance:

• Weak.

Possible confusions with:

• Lapis lazuli and Lazurite, Azurite, massive Dumortierite, etc.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Gives strength and vitality.
• Treats throat conditions.
• Treats the pulmonary sphere.
• Very useful in cases of tonsillitis, sinusitis and bronchitis.
• Also strengthens and regulates the nervous and glandular systems.
• Placed on the frontal chakra, it regenerates the cerebellum, effectively stimulates cerebral functions, promotes a good balance between the physical and the mental.
• Good anti-hemorrhagic action.
• Soothes irritated skin and is useful in cases of edema.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Stone of optimism and joy of life.
• Helps fight against pessimism, negative thoughts, failure syndrome, lack of self-confidence.
• Promotes rational thinking, intelligence, stability and self-esteem.
• Structures the personality, brings rationalism and great control of emotions.
• Very useful for hypersensitive people.
• Stone of open-mindedness at all levels.
• Softens the minds of people with a tendency to mental rigidity and helps fight obsessive-compulsive disorders.
• Reassures people who tend to praise their merits about their abilities.
• Very useful for professions in which team spirit is essential.
• Promotes the establishment of a spirit of solidarity and lasting cohesion.
• Relieves pain and anxiety.
• Stimulates thinking and ideas.
• Promotes good communication with others.
• Promotes calming in general, it is highly recommended to calm and reassure your pet during trips or long journeys.
• Relieves stress and nervousness problems.
• Useful against sleep disorders.

Spiritual virtues:

• Helps prepare the mind for intuitive knowing and introspection.
• Balances Yin and Yang between the upper and lower body.
• Facilitates the awakening of the 3rd eye, thus allowing the development of introspection and intuitive perceptions.
• Effectively protects during meditative work.
• Facilitates access to higher planes of consciousness.
• Used in meditation, it can also facilitate the cleansing of old thought patterns, to bring us to more Spirituality.

Chakras:

• Third eye chakra.
• Throat chakra.

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