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Benjamin Brake.: Mineral Identification Data
Observations Guess 1 Guess 2Actual
Mineral
DefinitionBane of allMinerals
Sodalite Lazurite Sodalite
Color
The color thatyour minerallooks like.
The color is blue withwhite and blackstripes
Most often blue, also be purple, pink, gray, green, white,and
colorless. May also be multicolored blue with whiteand gray
veins.
Blue, greenish-blue, violet-blue
Most often blue,also be purple,pink, gray, green,white, and
Luster
How shinysomething is.
I think the lusteris Vitreous
Vitreous to greasy; may also bedull.
Vitreous, greasy,or waxy; may alsobe dull.
Vitreous
to greasy;
Cleavage/Fracture
Cleavage wouldbe a cleansmooth cut, while
50% cleavage,50% fracture
Cleavage: Poor/IndistinctFracture: Uneven
Fracture: unevenCleavage: 3,6(?)
Cleavage:
Poor/IndistinctFracture:
Density
How thicksomething is;how much atoms
Medium 2.1 - 2.3 2.3 - 2.4 2.1 - 2.3
Streak
The color of the powderthat rubs of when youscratch it
againstsomething.
Its white white Blue white
Hardness
How tough it is. Youcan find out byscratching certain
10 5.5 - 6.0 5-5.5 5.5 - 6.0
SpecialProperties
Things like usingUltraviolet light,tasting,
Fluorescent creamy,-white, yellow ororange in shortwave
fluorescent.
Index ofrefraction is1.5
Fluorescentcreamy,-white,yellow or orange inshortwave
Uses
What themineral is usedfor
It is used for carvings and somejewelry piecesSodalite is a
minor blue opaquegemstone, and is used especiallyin beads.
Lapis Lazuli is a verypopular opaquegemstone, and isused in
variousjewelry forms andornate carvings. It isalso an a
historicgemstone, having
It is used forcarvings and somejewelry piecesSodalite is a
minorblue opaquegemstone, and isused especially inbeads.
Value
How much themineral isworth
Desired by collectors Popular butgenerallyexpensivemineral.
Desired by
collectors
Wherefound
The locationthis mineral isfound
Afghanistan, Brazil and Greenland AfghanistanTake acrossEurope
andEgypt
Afghanista
n, Brazil,
and
Greenland
Sources
http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sodalite.aspxhttp://www.mindat.org/min-3701.htmlhttp://galleries.com/Sodalite
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one on leftSame asfirst one
Actual Mineral Image Guess 1 Image Guess 2 Image
Lab Drawing Fun Drawing
My Description:My Sodalite is blue with black and white streaks.
The streak is white. The bottom is
cleavage, and the rest is fracture. It is pretty hard, and is
about medium density. Mymineral can be found in Afghanistan,
Brazil, and Greenland. This mineral is desired bycollectors.
I AM THE BANE OF ALLMINERALS!!
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