sodaliten.
/ˈsəʊdəlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A vitreous, transparent or translucent silicate of aluminium and sodium containing sodium chloride, usually of a greenish blue colour and occurring in certain igneous rocks.
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1810 Thomson in Royal Soc. Edinb. (1812) VI. 387 A Chemical Analysis of Sodalite, a new Mineral from Greenland.
1810 Thomson in Royal Soc. Edinb. (1812) VI. 387 The mineral to which I have given the name of Sodalite.
1837 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. 281 Sodalite includes the white and light green crystallized varieties of this species.
1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 115 Sodalite mostly occurs in rocks of a syenitic character.
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