Halloween Flying Vampire Bat Sodalite Pendant Gemstone Crystal Jewelry

Bats are powerful spirit animals and symbolize transformation, rebirth, survival, good fortune, wisdom, guidance, and guardianship.

Sodalite is an ideal stone for those who are oversensitive, impulsive, or prone to anxiety as it stabilizes the mind to allow a shift from emotional to rational.

History of Sodalite

For a stone of frequent mistaken identity, sodalite is unimaginatively named for its sodium content. The more poetic "poor mans lapis" is a common nickname for this beautiful blue-and-white mineral. Sodalite and lapis lazuli can be easily mistaken for each other at first glance; however, lapis contains flecks of pyrite that make the two stones differ upon a closer look. To complicate matters, lapis lazuli (which is technically a rock) may sometimes contain sodalite (which is a mineral in itself). Sodalite is sometimes also confused with azurite, dumortierite and lazulite. Additionally, in Canada, sodalite can be referred to as "Princess Blue" because it was found in Ontario in 1891 during the visit of two members of the British Royal Family.

The stone was known across the Americas before its official entry into Western mineralogy, however: around 2,600 BC, the Caral peoples traded for sodalite in what is now Peru, as did the residents of Tiwanaku in modern Bolivia.

Metaphysical and Healing Properties

Intuition, Logic, Truty, Idealism, Rational Thought, Objectivity, Perception, Lymph Nodes, Immune System, Balancing, Saggitarius, Order, Calming, Intuition, Emotional Balance, Panic Attacks, Self Esteem, Self Acceptance, Metabolism, Calcium, Radiation, Cancer, Throat, Vocal Cords, Larynx, Digestion, Fevers, Blood Pressure, Insomnia

Sodalite is sometimes considered a guardian for heroes and heroines, especially those speaking truth to power. Its believed to have the ability to unite logic with intuition and the drive for truth with the rise of idealism. Practitioners have used sodalite to organize the mind, as its said to promote rational thought, objectivity and perception. It is sometimes thought to cleanse lymph nodes and boost the immune system. All these balancing abilities are why sodalite is often used in groups with other stones and among multiple users.

Sodalite is assigned to the throat chakra and to the western astrological sign Sagittarius. In feng shui, it is thought to possess water energy.

Sodalite brings order and calmness to the mind, encourages rational thought, objectivity, truth and intuition, along with verbalization of feelings., brings emotional balance and calms panic attacks, enhances self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-trust, balances the metabolism, boosts the immune system and overcomes calcium deficiencies, combats radiation damage by soaking up electromagnetic smog, treats the throat, vocal cords, larynx and helps with hoarseness and digestive disorders, cools fevers, lowers blood pressure and stimulates the absorption of body fluids, and can also help to prevent insomnia.

Geological Properties

While blue (with white inclusions) is the most common color of sodalite, this stone can also be found in grey, green, yellow, light red and lavender varieties. (The purple variety of sodalite is called Hackmanite.) Sodalite fluoresces orange under ultraviolet light, except for Hackmanite. That variant displays tenebrescence instead, becoming deeper and richer in color after UV exposure (although the effect fades after time).

Sodalite deposits are found in Afghanistan, Brazil, Greenland and Canada, as well as in Maine and Arkansas within the United States.

**Please note that all metaphysical or healing properties listed are collected from various sources. This information is offered as a service and not meant to treat medical conditions.