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Definition of Chabasite
1. Noun. A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum.
Definition of Chabasite
1. n. 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.
Definition of Chabasite
1. Noun. (alternative form of chabazite) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chabasite
Literary usage of Chabasite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"Rammelsberg t remarks that lime-chabasite may be distinguished from ... As the
amount of silica in lime-chabasite varies, Berzelius conjectured that the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Some times six or more crystals, united parallel to the prismatic planes, Fig.
175. П«. 176. form rosettes; as in chabasite from Giant's Causeway. ..."
3. The History of a Lump of Chalk: Its Family Circle, and Their Uses by Alexander Watt (1883)
"It is found in Great Britain, and also in Disco Island, Greenland. Fig chabasite,
containing 10*47 P61* cent- °f carbonate of lime, is met with in fissures ..."
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