Word of the Day – Chabazite

Chabazite (noun)

kab-a-zy-t

A colourless, pink, or yellow zeolite mineral, typically occurring as rhombohedral crystals.

Early 19th century: from French chabazie, from Greek khabazie, a misreading of khalazie, vocative form of khalazios ‘hailstone’

Example sentences

“We found the chabazite crystals the moment we went deeper into the caves.”