English Explanatory Dictionary

chabazite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæbəzaɪt/

Word forms

chabazite chabazites

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.

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