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[syn: chabazite, chabasite]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chabasite
n 1: a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a
hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum [syn: chabazite,
chabasite]