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| | Elongated twins of sodalite and other isometric minerals Mineralogical Record - Find Articles |
 | | The twins are elongated because of the predominance of dodecahedron faces in these species, and the special geometric properties of a dodecahedron twinned about a three-fold [111] axis. |
 | | The sodalite family is composed of the minerals sodalite, nosean, hauyne and lazurite: cubic aluminosilicate species with the formula (Na,Ca)^sub 4^, Al^sub 6^Si^sub 6^O^sub 24^(SO^sub 4^,Cl,OH,S)^sub 1-2^*nH^sub 2^O. The members of The group are most frequently found in association with nepheline or leucite in nepheline syenites or phonolites and related undersaturated rocks. |
 | | The predominant crystal form for all four species is the dodecahedron, as illustrated by the nosean crystal on biotite in Figure 2 and the beautiful, blue hauyne crystal in Figure 3. |
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