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INVESTIGATIONS
Stone |
RI min |
RI max |
Dens min |
Dens max |
Colour |
Location |
Info |
Spectrum |
UVS |
UVL |
Reference |
Sodalite |
1,48 |
1,48 |
2,41 |
2,41 |
colourless |
Afghanistan |
0.12ct |
|
yellow-green |
yellowish |
ACAM labo 922 |
Sodalite |
1,48 |
1,48 |
2,3 |
2,3 |
blue |
|
4ct, opaque |
|
|
|
ACAM labo 4074 |
synthetic sodalite |
1,48 |
1,48 |
2,42 |
2,42 |
blue |
made in China |
|
|
|
|
Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 1994 Jun, p4 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
1,48 |
1,48 |
2,14 |
2,4 |
|
|
0,13 to 0,5ct |
|
|
orange |
iigj lab information
circular 2022 Vol 79, aug 2022 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
1,482 |
1,482 |
2,24 |
2,35 |
pink to light violet,
light yellow |
Canada |
photochroism (after
10-15' violet colour is gone), 2 x 0.11 ct |
|
|
|
Gemmologie, Zeitschrift der
Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 2008 Dec, p121 |
Sodalite |
1,484 |
1,484 |
2,3 |
2,3 |
colourless |
Afghanistan |
0.70ct |
|
inert |
faint orange |
http://www.spec4gem.info/index.php
2016 |
Sodalite |
1,484 |
1,484 |
2,28 |
2,28 |
orange-yellow |
|
16,71 ct, transparent |
|
weak orange |
strong orange |
Gems & Gemology 2023
Winter, p497 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
1,485 |
1,487 |
2,3 |
2,32 |
pinkish, yellowish (pink
to violet-red after UV) |
Mount st. Hilaire,
Quebec, Canada |
photochroism; strong
orange-red phosphorescence, 0.27 ct to 1.31 ct |
|
strong orange-red |
strong orange-red |
Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 1991 Sep, p93-97 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
1,485 |
1,485 |
2,37 |
2,37 |
light yellow |
Mont Saint-Hilaire,
Québec, Canada |
2.94ct |
|
weak orange |
strong orange |
GIA Gem Database 35405 |
Sodalite |
1,49 |
1,49 |
2,31 |
2,31 |
violetish blue |
Namibia |
5.74ct, translucent |
broad absorption above
665nm |
inert |
inert |
GIA Gem Database 35515 |
TABLES
Stone |
RI
min |
RI
max |
Dens
min |
Dens
max |
Reference |
Sodalite |
1.477 |
1.487 |
2.13 |
2.3 |
http://www.geminterest.com |
Sodalite |
1.479 |
1.483 |
2.15 |
2.35 |
Tabellen zur
Edelstein-Bestimmung, Pschichholz FGA, 1975
|
Hackmanite - sodalite |
1.479 |
1.487 |
2.15 |
2.4 |
Gemology Tools Professional 2010 |
Sodalite |
1.479 |
1.487 |
2.15 |
2.4 |
Gemology Tools Professional 2010 |
Sodalite |
1.48 |
1.48 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
John Sinkakas,
Gemstone and mineral data book,1972 |
Sodalite |
1.48 |
1.487 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
Bestimmungstabellen
für Edelsteine, Birgit Günther, 1981 |
Sodalite |
1.48 |
1.487 |
2.13 |
2.4 |
Gemme, Dati per l'identificazione, P. De
Stefano et al, 1993 |
synthetic sodalite |
1.48 |
1.48 |
2.42 |
2.42 |
Gemmological Tables, Ulrich Henn,
2004 |
Sodalite |
1.48 |
1.487 |
2.15 |
2.35 |
Gems, R Webster,
5th edition 1994 |
Sodalite |
1.48 |
1.487 |
2.14 |
2.4 |
Tables of
Gemstone Identification, Roger Dedeyne, Ivo Quintens, 2007 |
Sodalite |
1.482 |
1.488 |
2.21 |
2.35 |
Gemmo.eu
|
Sodalite |
1.483 |
1.487 |
2.27 |
2.33 |
Gemmological Tables, Ulrich Henn,
2004 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
1.483 |
1.487 |
2.14 |
2.4 |
http://www.gemmology.be |
Sodalite |
1.483 |
1.487 |
2.14 |
2.4 |
http://www.gemmology.be |
Sodalite |
1.483 |
1.487 |
2.14 |
2.4 |
Joel Arem, Color
Encyclopedia of Gemstones, 1987 |
CAUSE OF
COLOUR
Stone |
Colour |
Cause
of colour |
Reference |
Sodalite |
blue |
SO4- colour center |
Steffen, Farbe und
Lumineszenz von Mineralien, 2000 |
Sodalite |
blue |
interstitial
oxygen ion O- near Al or Si |
Gems & Gemology Summer 1988 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
pink |
colour centre |
Steffen, Farbe und
Lumineszenz von Mineralien, 2000 |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
pink |
unstable
electron substituting for Cl- in a tetrahedron of Na+ ions |
Gems & Gemology Summer 1988 |
MINERAL
INCLUSIONS
Inclusion |
Stone |
Reference |
apatite |
Hackmanite - sodalite |
Gems & Gemology 2023
Spring, p85 |
danburite |
sodalite |
Gems & Gemology 2024
Fall, p390 |
diopside |
sodalite |
Gems & Gemology 2024
Fall, p390 |
LOCALITIES
STONE |
LOCALITIES |
REFERENCE |
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Sodalite |
Poudrette quarry
(Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry) |
Mont
Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County |
Quebec |
Canada |
Zeitschrift der
Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft, 1994, Dez, p137 |