Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A blue-white mineral, Na4Al3Si3O12Cl, found in silica-poor igneous rocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral so called from the large portion of soda which enters into its composition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
mineral ofalkaline igneous andplutonic rocks that are low insilica , of the chemical composition ofsodium aluminum silicate withchlorine ,Na 4Al 3Si 3O 12Cl . Pink sodalite is sometimes called hackmanite. Sodalite andlazurite form the sodalite Group of silicate minerals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks
Etymologies
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Examples
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Among the stones that I work with: Tigers Eye, labrodorite, opal, sodalite, obsidian.
The one, the only, Sabine Stonebender Bettina Tizzy 2008
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My fabrick matchtid teh sodalite n teh snowflaky obsidian.
Ur daiz…dey is numbrd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Among the stones that I work with: Tigers Eye, labrodorite, opal, sodalite, obsidian.
Archive 2008-04-01 Bettina Tizzy 2008
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Pantone had a beach party in mind when the color experts named the Top 10 shades for women next spring: tangerine tango, solar power, sodalite blue, bellflower, margarita, cabaret, driftwood, sweet lilac, cockatoo think sea foamy and starfish.
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The sides of the crater present numerous loose masses, which appear to have been ejected, and consist of glassy feldspar, ice-spar, sodalite, hauyne, spinellane, and leucite.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The Brow chakra - between the eyebrows - works with purple or indigo crystals, such as amethyst, sodalite lapis lazuli and azurite.
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Lapis lazuli is a sodalite family minerals; lapis lazuli of the formula, in which regular part of sodium for potassium ...
Matador Network 2010
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Lapis lazuli is a sodalite family minerals; lapis lazuli of the formula, in which regular part of sodium for potassium ...
Matador Network 2010
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Some people believe that sodalite boosts the immune system and improves communication.
VInvesting.com 2010
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The sodalite granite in this room is vibrant cobalt blue and a signature piece in this house.
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