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LAPIDARY => Ask a "Silly" Question => Topic started by: tinker on August 16, 2018, 09:51:42 PM

Title: Sodalite in Australia
Post by: tinker on August 16, 2018, 09:51:42 PM

Just wish to pick members brains, can anybody tell me if Sodalite is found in this country and where would the deposits be found.   Why I am asking this question is that a friend of mine has just come back from Emerald in Queensland and she has sent photo's to me of what looks like Sodalite, would this be possible.


Cheers Tinker beers

Title: Re: Sodalite in Australia
Post by: Jimnyjerry on August 17, 2018, 09:13:06 AM

5locations in Australia listed in Mindat
https://www.mindat.org/min-3701.html
Pictures at top of page map at bottom
 beers Jerry

Title: Re: Sodalite in Australia
Post by: tinker on August 19, 2018, 07:15:33 PM

Thanks Jimmyjerry, Ive looked up Minelab and cant see the five locations for Sodalite in Australia.

Title: Re: Sodalite in Australia
Post by: MALACHI on August 20, 2018, 08:18:25 AM

Tinker I had the same result. Just did another search on Google for Sodalite. Try this: https://www.mindat.org/locentry-428782.html
Cheers  ;)

Title: Re: Sodalite in Australia
Post by: tinker on August 20, 2018, 11:26:42 AM

Thanks Malachi,  I thought there may have been some on the main land, have had a friend that bought a couple of bags of samples whilst they were u p in Emerald, found some nice sapphire in the dirt and what looks like Sodalite, but it could just be a fractured Sapphire. beers