Sodalite 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch destash-16-inch and colors that include purples

and colors that include purples

resulting in fossils that are chalk-white

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

” Tourmaline began to be highly prized after George Kunz

Sodalite 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch destash-16-inch and colors that include purplesSodalite is named for its sodium content and may be classified as a feldspathoid. Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as poor mans lapis because of its similar color and much lower cost. Queen Victorias granddaughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught, was inspired by the stone and chose it for the interior decorations of Marlborough House in England. This prompted an alternative name for the gemstone: Princess Blue.