Shattuckite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Shape_Barrel Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred

Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lapis” because of its similar color and much lower cost

as well as the amount of patterning

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

features intricate light brown patterns on dark brown stones

from which its name was derived

Shattuckite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Shape_Barrel Blue Sodalite is sometimes referredShattuckite is a rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral. It occurs in bright turquoise blues and darker blues as well as rust reds, commonly with inclusions of copper in speckled patterns throughout the stone. Shattuckite is a pseudomorph, meaning it forms by replacing another minerals crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure, with little alteration of the external shape of the original crystal.