Sodalite

Sodalite (white) and perovskite

Origin: Udersdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

   

Variety hackmannite

Origin: Sar-E-Sang , Badakshan Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 11 x 8 x 4 cm

 

  

Variety hackmannite on quartz

Origin: Kiran, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm

 

     

 

  

Hackmanite on potassic fluororichterite

Origin: Kokcha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm (top), 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (2nd/bottom row)

 

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Variety hackmanite

Origin: Pitawak, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Asia

Sample size: 5 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm (top/2nd row), 9 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm (3rd/4th row)

 

  

  

Origin: Poudrette Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 3.4 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm

 

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Trinityminerals.com

 

  

Sodalite var. hackmanite on winchite

Origin: Kockcha Tal, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 3.8 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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