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