Custom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Sodalite Necklace/Pendant Sterling Silver and Central and South America

and Central and South America

USA where approximately 375 million tons were mined between l840 and 1975

not really a mineral more a silica gel which has hardened over time

known as "imperial jade"

Custom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Sodalite Necklace/Pendant Sterling Silver and Central and South AmericaCustom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Sodalite Necklace Pendant Sterling Silver . 935 overall size: 1 9 16 x 9 16 inch or 39mm x 14mm Sodalite occurs in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium rich magmas. This is the origin of the name "sodalite." These magmas also contained so little silicon and aluminum that quartz and feldspar minerals are often absent. Sodalite bearing rocks include: nepheline syenite (found outside Waldport, Oregon), trachyte,