sodalite

tectosilicate mineral

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
sodalite group, sodalite framework (SOD)
Chemical formula
Na₄Si₃Al₃O₁₂Cl[5]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, A chemical analysis of Sodalite, a new mineral from Greenland, A Chemical Analysis of Sodalite, a New Mineral from Greenland[15][16]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Sdl[18]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[8]
Mohs' hardness
+6[14]
Named after
natron[4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.FB.10[13]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.FB.10[12]
P14541
JwrBN[19]
Point group
cubic-hextetrahedral[9]
Space group
space group P-43n[10]
Streak color
white[6]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/F.07[11]
Type locality (geology)
Ilimmaasaq[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en sodalite ar صودالايت ar صوداليت ar سوداليت cs Sodalit de Sodalith el Σοδάλιθος es sodalita fa سودالیت fi sodaliitti fr Alomite fr Ditroite fr Glaucolite he סודליט hu szodalit ja ソーダライト ja 方ソーダ石 ja 方曹達石 ko 소달라이트 nl sodaliet
🔖 Identifiers · 24
OpenAlex ID
C2778879675
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sodalith - Rohstein.jpg ↗
COD ID
9013320
Dana 8th edition
76.2.3.1
De Agostini ID
sodalìte
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
55542
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/sodalite
Fandom article ID
ru.science:Содалит
Freebase ID
/m/02bpb4
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
sodalitt
Interlingual Index ID
i116231
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
sodalite
Show all 24 identifiers +12
KBpedia ID
Sodalite
Kivid.info ID
619
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778879675
Mindat mineral ID
3701, 8057
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
gemstone/sodalite_gemstone, mineral/sodalite
Museum-digital tag ID
55225
Quora topic ID
Sodalite
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1016539
Topic's main category
Category:Sodalite
Vikidia article ID
fr:Sodalite
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Sodalite"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
15069215-n

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Type locality (geology) 1
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Summary

sodalite is a mineral species[1]. sodalite is a type of sodalite group[2] and sodalite framework (SOD)[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. mineralienatlas.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 36
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', '
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|tr */ Sodalit, #temporary_batch_1793542231800"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → cubic-hextetrahedral
    COD ID → 9013320
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: cubic-hextetrahedral, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269342|batch #269342]]"
  3. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Sodalite
    Named after → natron
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+6'}
    Subclass of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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