chabazite

American

[kab-uh-zahyt] / ˈkæb əˌzaɪt /

noun

a zeolite mineral, essentially a hydrated sodium calcium aluminum silicate, occurring usually in red to colorless rhombohedral crystals.

chabazite British

/ ˈkæbəˌzaɪt /

noun

a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca 2 Al 2 Si 4 O 12 .6H 2 O

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Etymology

Origin of chabazite

1795–1805; earlier chabaz ( ie ) (< French chabasie < Late Greek chabázios, misspelling of chalázios hailstonelike (stone), equivalent to chálaz ( a ) hail, hailstone + -ios adj. suffix) + -ite ¹; compare German Chabasit

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The hardness of chabazite is 4�, and the specific gravity 2.08-2.16.

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Chemically, chabazite is a complex hydrated calcium and sodium silicate, with a small proportion of the sodium replaced by potassium, and sometimes a small amount of the calcium replaced by barium and strontium.

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Gmelinite and levynite are other species of zeolites which may be mentioned here, since they are closely related to chabazite, and like it are rhombohedral and frequently twinned.

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