Word of the Day – Chabazite

Chabazite (noun)

chab-a-zait

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’ (from khalaza ‘hail’, because of its form and colour), + -ite.

Example sentences

“It was hard to tell the chabazite from the quartz.”