Sodalite 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch FEATURE10132022 It's a beautiful specimen

It's a beautiful specimen

red and gray in swirling circular patterns

Bloodstone was known in antiquity as Heliotrope

It is a potent combination of these minerals

Sodalite 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch FEATURE10132022 It's a beautiful specimenSodalite is named for its sodium content and may be classified as a feldspathoid. Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as poor mans lapis because of its similar color and much lower cost. Queen Victorias granddaughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught, was inspired by the stone and chose it for the interior decorations of Marlborough House in England. This prompted an alternative name for the gemstone: Princess Blue.