SODALITE

ARCHANGELS:

Gabriel, Jeremiel, Raphael and Zadkiel

COLOURS:

Dark blue with white veins

THE ORIGINS:

Its name comes from the Greek soda and its meaning is sodium. The suffix "ite" from "lithos" meaning stone. Put together the result is: "salt stone" or "sodium stone." Discovered in 1800 by a mineralogist calledThomas Thomson.

It was then the wife of King George V who fell in love with its beauty and then made it famous in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.

Ontario, specifically Bancroft, Canada, is home to the world's largest deposit. Sodalite is also found in India, the United States, Brazil, South Africa, Greenland and Russia.

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PROPERTIES, CHARACTERISTICS AND BENEFITS:

This stone is known for its beneficial properties that help the body maintain a healthy metabolism. It helps strengthen the immune system, calms stress and brings tranquility by improving sleep quality. Boosts self-confidence. Excellent for thyroid wellness. Increases concentration and thus promotes a clearer, more focused mind for achieving your goals.

Wearing this stone brings so many positive and beneficial aspects. It eliminates guilt and fear, generates harmony with others and with oneself. It is associated with the throat chakra and the third eye chakra. The first helps with the expression of language in communication, while the second promotes clarity, intuition and calm.

Sodalite is associated with the zodiac signs Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

Chakra: 5th centre of the throat and 7th centre of the crown.

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USAGE:

Use in chakra meditation or carry with you as jewellery or a talisman.

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CLEANING AND RECHARGING:

To be kept well cleaned so that it retains its beauty and luster, rinse the stone with distilled water and dry with a soft cloth. Purify it by fumigation by laying it over a bed of purifying herb smoke for a few minutes.