| Locality type: | Occurrence |
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| Species: | Sodalite |
| Formula: | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| Comments: | The largest and best sodalite xls to 5 cm were found here |
| Habit: | Dodecahedra to 6 cm |
| Colour: | The colours range from colourless , to grey, to yellow, to green, to lilac, to purple. The colorless to lilac and purple are photochromic. |
| Luminescent properties: | The best fluorescence is under long wave. The grey sodalite has the typical yellow disulfide fluorescence under long wave. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | β43 photos of Sodalite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Richterite | β21 photos of Sodalite associated with Richterite at this locality. |
| Albite | β15 photos of Sodalite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | β12 photos of Sodalite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Fluoro-richterite | β6 photos of Sodalite associated with Fluoro-richterite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sodalite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Unnamed Richterite occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 886093 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:886093:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 532561d8-377b-4f3a-8cc2-2dadd21cda4c |
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Unnamed Richterite occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan