Scapolite
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Scapolite comes in many colours and is very inexpensive
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| Colour |
Clear, yellow, green, grey,
and rarely violet, blue, or pink |
| Hardness |
5-6.5 |
| Specific
Gravity |
2.57 - 2.74 |
| Refractive
Index |
1.54 - 1.58 |
| Double
Refraction |
.0020 |
| Lustre |
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| Mineral
class |
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| Composition |
Na4(AlSi3 O8)3
Cl.nCa4(Al2Si2
O8)3(SO4,CO3) |
General Information
The transparent varieties are faceted and the less
transparent stones may be made into cabochons yielding some cats-eye
stones. The value increases with the darker colours, but it is not an
expensive stone.
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Where mined
Scapolite is found in Canada, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico and United
States in N.Y. and N.J..
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Birthstone Months with Scapolite
Scapolite is not a birthstone.
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Anniversary Gemstone for Scapolite
Sapphire is not an anniversary
gemstone.
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Scapolite Mystical
Properties
The name comes from the Greek "skapos", meaning
"shaft" alluding to its common long prismatic form. Often
fluorescent orange-yellow. It is soluble in HCl leaving silica. Also
known as wernerite named for a German explorer.
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