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chabazite
[ kab-uh-zahyt ]
noun
- a zeolite mineral, essentially a hydrated sodium calcium aluminum silicate, occurring usually in red to colorless rhombohedral crystals.
chabazite
/ ˈ°ìæ²úəˌ³ú²¹Éª³Ù /
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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chabazite1
1795–1805; earlier chabaz ( ie ) (< French chabasie < Late Greek ³¦³ó²¹²úá³ú¾±´Ç²õ, misspelling of ³¦³ó²¹±ôá³ú¾±´Ç²õ hailstonelike (stone), equivalent to ³¦³óá±ô²¹³ú ( a ) hail, hailstone + -ios adj. suffix) + -ite 1; compare German Chabasit
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chabazite1
C19: from French chabazie from Late Greek khabazios, erroneous for khalazios stone similar to a hailstone, from Greek khalazios of hail, from khalaza hailstone + -ite 1
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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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