Definitions for sodalites

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sodalites so·da·lite

Spelling: [sohd-l-ahyt]

IPA: /ˈsoʊd lˌaɪt/

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

You can make 645 anagrams from letters in sodalites (adeilosst).

Definitions for sodalites

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 sodalites

First recorded in 1800-10; soda + -lite

Examples for sodalites

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

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

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

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