Sodalite Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:8 mm and pleochroic - the same

and pleochroic - the same stone shows violet from one angle and paler pink from another

the South American branch of the Burseraceae

it brings clarity

gathered into flecks and small veins - a scatter of fine points on some stones

and small things

Sodalite Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:8 mm and pleochroic - the sameSodalite the mineral kin of lapis lazuli, royal blue veined with white, Named in 1811 for the sodium in its lattice chemistry before charm. The kinship is real: lazurite, the mineral that makes lapis blue, belongs to the sodalite group. Sodalite is the deeper, quieter sibling navy rather than ultramarine, calcite cloud rather than pyrite stars and the choice between the two is character, not rank. After the royal tour of 1901, Ontario sodalite was