Sodalite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Sodalite

Images

Fullwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of sodalite from Ilímaussaq, Greenland. Size: 11cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Photograph of a specimen of chkalovite and sodalite on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Image of a specimen of sodalite and tugtupite from Tasaq Slopes, Ilímaussaq. Greenland. Size: 12cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Image of a specimen of sodalite from Ilímaussaq, Greenland. Size: 11cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Shortwave and longwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of chkalovite (green) and sodalite (orange) on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

CL spectrum of Sodalite

Full-wave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of sodalite (orange PL) and tugtupite (pink PL) from Tasaq Slopes, Ilímaussaq. Greenland. Size: 12cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Tenebrescence image of a specimen of sodalite from Ilímaussaq, Greenland. Size: 11cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

CL spectrum of Sodalite (CSIRO P432)

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Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike

© CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike

Properties

Formulas	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl, Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂
Abbreviation	Sdl
Variants	sulphur doped, synthetic
Classification	Sodalite (group)
Member	Hackmanite
Luminescence emitters	F+ center, Fe, Mn, O2, Pb, S2, Ti[3+]-VO, Unspecified
Spectra	Luminescence (3)
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1811
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Crystal symmetry	Cubic, Point group 43m, Space group P43n (#218)
Tags	Mineral, Synthetic, Aluminosilicate, Aluminosilicate

Composition

Element	Atoms
Si	3
O	12
Cl	1
Al	3
Na	4
Total:	23

References

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
Agamah et al. 2020	5	0	0
Blumentritt et al. 2021	3	0	0
Gaft et al. 2009	9	0	0
Gaft et al. 1998	4	0	0
Hamblen 2003	0	0	7
CSIRO EDS spectra 2021	0	1	0
CSIRO CL spectra 2021	6	2	2
CSIRO CL spectra 2014	1	1	0
Sidike et al. 2007	12	0	0
Tarashchan 1978	9	0	0
Van Doorn & Schipper 1971	13	0	0