chabasite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chabasite has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

chabasiten. [Gr. chabazi`os one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Peri` li`qwn, ascribed to Orpheus.].
     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]

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