Sodalite vs Faujasite - What's the difference?
sodalite | faujasite |
(mineralogy) A mineral of alkaline igneous and plutonic rocks that are low in silica, of the chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate with chlorine, Na]]4Al3Si3O12[[chlorine, Cl. Pink sodalite is sometimes called hackmanite''. Sodalite and lazurite form the ''sodalite Group of silicate minerals.
(mineral) A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms.
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