'Chabasite' definitions:
Definition of 'chabasite'
From: WordNet
noun
A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum [syn: chabazite, chabasite]
Definition of 'Chabasite'
From: GCIDE
- 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]