Definitions for sodalite

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sodalite so·da·lite

Spelling: [sohd-l-ahyt]

IPA: /ˈsoʊd lˌaɪt/

Sodalite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in sodalite (adeilost).

Definitions for sodalite

noun

1. a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.

Origin of sodalite

First recorded in 1800-10; soda + -lite

Examples for sodalite

sodalite or hauyne may also be present, but nepheline is typically absent.

These last consist of an intermixture of nepheline or sodalite and alkali-felspar.

Many of them also contain nepheline, sodalite, hauyne and nosean; the much rarer mineral melilite appears also in some examples.

Section of sodalite crystal from the lava of 1794, with belonites and crystals of magnetite enclosed.