chabazite

English

Chabazite

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæbəzaɪt/

Noun

chabazite (plural chabazites)

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

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chabazite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chabazite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.