Presentation :

Name :

• Sodalite or Hackmanite.

Etymology:

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

Group, Family:

• Sodalite Group

Color :

1. Sodalite: Blue to Blue-grey, 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-mauve, Dark Magenta, depending on the UV ratio received.

Chandelier:

• Vitreous to Fatty.

Origin :

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

Crystal system:

• Cubic.

Chemical composition:

1. Sodalite: Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2. Blue color: Interstitial oxygen O- near aluminum Al or silicon Si.
2. Hackmanite: Rich in Sulphur (as a substitute for Chlorine). Pink colour: Unstable electron as a substitute for chlorine Cl- in a tetrahedron of sodium ions Na+

Transparency:

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

Density :

• 2.13 to 2.30.

Hardness:

• 5 to 6.

Cleavage:

• Perfect.

Break:

• Conchoidal, Irregular.

Line color:

• White

Impact resistance:

• Average.

Heat resistance:

• Weak.

Possible confusion with:

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

Properties, benefits and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

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

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Stone of optimism and joy of life.
• Helps combat 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.
• It softens the mind of people with a tendency to mental rigidity and helps combat obsessive-compulsive disorders.
• Reassure people who tend to boast about their abilities.
• Very useful for professions where team spirit is essential.
• Promotes the establishment of a spirit of solidarity and lasting cohesion.
• Relieves pain and anxiety.
• Stimulates thought and ideas.
• Promotes good communication with others.
• Promotes general calming, it is highly recommended for calming and reassuring your pet during travel or long journeys.
• Relieves stress and nervousness problems.
• Useful against sleep disorders.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• 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.

Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:

• Clean with clear spring water or filtered water (never add salt to the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with fresh spring or filtered water.
• Direct charging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser crystals or rocks in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to charge them. Another method is to place your minerals in a singing bowl: Tibetan or crystal bowl, (on a cotton cloth to avoid bowl/mineral vibrations), then ring the bowl to fill your minerals with this sound energy. Last method is to place your minerals on a disc (wood or mineral) engraved with the flower of life or the seal of Solomon or any other form of sacred geometry.
• Reprogramming: Reprogramming is not about telling your mineral what to do or not to do, but about putting the mineral in resonate with you to ask it to do what it needs to do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleansing and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on the different levels, for my greater good as well as for the greater good of the people around me."

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