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Definition of Chabazite
1. Noun. A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum.
Definition of Chabazite
1. Noun. (minerology) Any of several zeolite minerals that occurs in basaltic rocks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chabazite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chabazite
Literary usage of Chabazite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"This is so characteristic that chabazite may generally be recognised by the ...
Beautiful white crystals of chabazite have been found in cavities of the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"chabazite, a mineral species belonging to the group of zeolites. It occurs as
white to flesh-red crystals which vary from transparent to translucent and ..."
3. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"chabazite occurs in crystals and in compact aggregates. ... chabazite Interpenetration
Twin, with c the Twinning Axis and oR(ooo1) the Twinning Plane. FIG. ..."
4. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1879)
"chabazite. " Zeolitic" minerals are said to have been observed in some of the
... It occurs in small colourless chabazite or white, <glassy crystals, ..."
5. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"Brier Island, native copper, in trap ; Digby Neck, Sandy Cove and vicinity, agate,
amethyst, calcite, chabazite, hematite! laumontite (abundant), magnetite, ..."
6. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"chabazite (6) chabazite is also found among the zeolitic decomposition products
of silicates containing lime. It occurs in cavities and crevices in basic ..."
7. Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1884)
"... occur only in short or stout glassy crystals, those of chabazite looking
sometimes like cubes. The zeolites are sometimes called trap minerals, ..."
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