Scapolite
Scapolite is a mineral that is found in many different colours, including white, grey, yellow, green, and blue.
Scapolite is sometimes used as a gemstone due to the range of available colours, but it is a little soft to be ideal for jewellery usage.
Faceted pieces are quite common, and very pretty – but are perhaps best kept as a collectors piece rather than set into a daily piece of jewellery.
Scapolite crystals are also of interest to mineral collectors, especially the pieces which demonstrate tenebrescence – a temporary change of colour under certain lighting conditions.
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Information about Scapolite
Scapolite generally refers to the marialite-meionite series, and is used when the exact chemical composition of the mienral has not been determined.
Other members of the group include silvialite and wernerite.
Sometimes used as a gemstone, but typically sold as mineral specimens rather than cut and polished.
Mineralogy
Hazards and Warnings
Mineral collectors should wash their hands after handling specimens, to avoid any exposure to potential toxins.
Almost all rocks, minerals (and, frankly, almost all other substances on earth) can produce toxic dust when cutting, which can cause serious respiratory conditions including silicosis.
When cutting or polishing rocks, minerals, shells, etc, all work should be done wet to minimise the dust, and a suitable respirator or extraction system should be used.
Translations
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- سكابوليت
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- স্ক্যাপোলাইট
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- Скаполит
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- スカポライト
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- สแคโพลไลต์
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- 스카폴라이트
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- สแคโพลไลต์
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- 方柱石
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