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So what is Sodalite? If you guessed a diet soft drink, you would be wrong!    Sodalite is a blue tectosilicate material. With a Mohs hardness of 5.5-6 it's definitely not considered diet, but it is thought to be very pretty!    This royal blue mineral with white calcite streaks forms in alkaline igneous rocks that can be found in the United States, Canada, Nambia, Brazil, Greenland, Russia and Afghanistan--to name a few places.    Although Sodalite is a very pretty stone (Did I mention it was pretty?), this shiny-ite has some solid metaphysical properties.    Often called the Thinker's Stone,...

Known for its bladed crystals and royal blue color, Kyanite is a naturally occurring aluminum silicate material mined on the planet Kyanite, home planet of Superman...      (Disembodied voice): Ahhh, no. No?    (Disembodied voice): Superman is from the planet Krypton--Not Kyanite. Oh. So where is Kyanite from?   (Disembodied voice): Earth, where it is commonly found in metamorphic rocks like schists and gneisses, particularly in areas that have undergone high pressure and medium to high temperatures, like the Appalachian Mountains or the Alps. Named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1798, this gemstone derives its name from the Greek work Kyanos, meaning...