Chabasite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chabasite \Chab"a*site\ (k[a^]b"[.a]*s[imac]t), Cabazite
  \Cab"a*zite\ (k[a^]b"[.a]*z[imac]t), n. [Gr. chabazi`os one of
     twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Peri` li`qwn,
     ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.)
     A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying
     in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a


     hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also {chabasie}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chabasite
       n : a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a
           hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum [syn: {chabazite}]