Chabazite Definition

kabəzīt
noun
A hard, rhombohedral zeolite, CaAl2Si4O126H2O, commonly found in basalts.
Webster's New World

(mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.

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  • chabasite

Other Word Forms of Chabazite

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Singular:
chabazite
Plural:
chabazites

Origin of Chabazite

  • From French chabasie, coined by Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic from Ancient Greek χαβάζιος (khabazios), apparently an error for χαλάζιος (khalazios, “a kind of precious stone”) (which is probably from χάλαζα (khalaza, “hail”), due to looking like a hailstone), one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem ascribed to Orpheus.

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