chabasite vs chabazite what difference
what is difference between chabasite and chabazite
English
Noun
chabasite (countable and uncountable, plural chabasites)
- Alternative form of chabazite
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæbəzaɪt/
Etymology
From French chabasie, coined by Louis-Augustin Bosc d’Antic from Ancient Greek χαβάζιος (khabázios), apparently an error for χαλάζιος (khalázios, “a kind of precious stone”) (which is probably from χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”), due to looking like a hailstone), one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem ascribed to Orpheus.
Noun
chabazite (plural chabazites)
- (mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021), “Chabazite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “chabazite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
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