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phacolite
[fak-uh-lahyt]
noun
Mineralogy.
a colorless variety of chabazite.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phacolite1
1835–45; < Greek phakó ( s ) lentil plant + -lite
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Besides phacolite, mentioned above, other varieties of chabazite are distinguished.
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Herschelite and seebachite are essentially the same as phacolite.
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