Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.