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.”
