Sodalite | Stone of the Prophets | Virtues and Properties

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Its name comes from the Greek "soda," meaning "sodium," and the suffix "-ite," from "lithos," meaning "stone" or "mineral." . It literally means, "salt stone", or "sodium stone", due to its chemical composition. . .
It is a very rare petrographic mineral, It is formed in igneous rocks that crystallize in magmas rich in sodium. These types of magmas contain little aluminum and silicon and quartz and feldspar minerals are usually not present. . .
The rocks that contain sodalite are syenite, nepheline, phonolite, and trachyte. . They are generally rare rocks that are found in smaller proportions. . .
Furthermore, the different environments where sodalites occur are alkaline intrusions, pegmatites, carbonatites, or metasomatized calcareous rocks.