Sodalite group - UV-Vis spectra
Sodalite:
- Blue sodalite – sliced bead – Unknown origin
- Dark-violetish-blue sodalite – 18.20 ct rough – Unknown locality
- Strong-blue sodalite – 1.81 ct – Brazil
- Colorless sodalite - 0.70 ct - Afghanistan
- Light-violetish-blue sodalite var. hackmanite – 1.07 ct – Afghanistan
- Light-violetish-blue sodalite var. hackmanite – 3.73 ct rough – Afghanistan
- Pink sodalite var. hackmanite – 0.25 ct rough – Orford Nickel Mine, Quebec, Canada
- Light-violetish-blue sodalite var. hackmanite – 0.43 ct – Afghanistan
- Gray sodalite var. hackmanite – 0.91 ct – Burma
- Blue hauyne – 0.16 ct – Unknown locality
- Massive greenish-blue hauyne – 1.32 ct – Burma
- Massive greenish-blue hauyne – 2.26 ct – Burma
- Blue Hauyne – 0.07 ct – Eiffel, Germany
![uvvis sodalite -L blue bead UnknownLocality](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteBlueSlicedBeadUnknownOrigin/uvvis__sodalite_-L__blue__bead_UnknownLocality.png)
![uvvis sodalite 1820R dark-violetish-blue UnknownLocality](/images/db/sodalite/sodalite1820RdarkVioletishBlue/uvvis__sodalite_1820R__dark-violetish-blue__UnknownLocality.png)
![uvvis sodalite 181 strong-blue Brazil](/images/db/sodalite/sodalite181strongBlueBrazil/uvvis__sodalite_181__strong-blue__Brazil.png)
No spectrum, colorless material
![uvvis sodalite hackmanite 107 light-violetish-blue Afghanistan](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteHackmanite107lightVioletishBlueAfghanistan/uvvis__sodalite_hackmanite_107__light-violetish-blue__Afghanistan.png)
![uvvis sodalite hackmanite 373B light-violetish-blue Afghanistan](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteHackmanite373BlightVioletishBlueAfghanistan/uvvis__sodalite_hackmanite_373B__light-violetish-blue__Afghanistan.png)
![uvvis sodalite hackmanite 025B pink OrfordNickelMine Quebec Canada](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteHackmanite025BpinkOrfordNickelMineQuebecCanada/uvvis__sodalite_hackmanite_025B__pink__OrfordNickelMine_Quebec_Canada.png)
![uvvis sodalite hackmanite 025B pink OrfordNickelMine Quebec Canada Excited State](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteHackmanite025BpinkOrfordNickelMineQuebecCanada/uvvis__sodalite_hackmanite_025B__pink__OrfordNickelMine_Quebec_Canada__excitedState.png)
The strong difference in absorption explains the strong violet color while the stone is in excited state after exposure to LWUV.
![uvvis sodalite hackmanite 043 light-violetish-blue Afghanistan](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteHackmanite043LightVioletishBlueAfghanistan/uvvis__sodalite_hackmanite_043__light-violetish-blue__Afghanistan.png)
![uvvis sodalite hackmanite 091 gray Burma](/images/db/sodalite/sodaliteHackmanite091GrayBurma/uvvis__sodalite_hackmanite_091__gray__Burma.png)
![uvvis hauyne 016 blue UnknownLocality](/images/db/sodalite/hauyne016BlueUnknownLocality/uvvis__hauyne_016__blue__UnknownLocality.png)
![uvvis hauyne 132 greenish blue Burma](/images/db/sodalite/hauyne132greenishBlueBurma/uvvis__hauyne_132__greenish_blue__Burma.png)
![uvvis hauyne 226 greenish-blue Burma](/images/db/sodalite/hauyne226greenishBlueBurma/uvvis__hauyne_226__greenish-blue__Burma.png)
![uvvis hauyne 007 blue Eiffel Germany](/images/db/sodalite/hauyne007blueEiffelGermany/uvvis__hauyne_007__blue__Eiffel_Germany.png)
![uvvis lazurite lapis-lazuli L blue Afghanistan](/images/db/sodalite/lazuriteLapisLazuliSliceBlueAfghanistan/uvvis__lazurite_lapis-lazuli_L__blue__Afghanistan.png)
![uvvis tugtupite 555 pink KuannersuitPlateau Greenland](/images/db/sodalite/tugtupite555pinkKuannersuitPlateauGreenland/uvvis__tugtupite_555__pink__KuannersuitPlateau_Greenland.png)
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