Chabazite

Teviot Brook, Boonah Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Colour:	white, pink, red, ...	Lustre:	Vitreous
Hardness:	4 - 5
Name:	From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos, which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus, legendary founder of the Orphic cult, which flourished in Greece in the early centuries.
Synonym of:	Chabazite-Ca, Chabazite-K, Chabazite-Na, Chabazite-Sr

Chabazite now is the name of a series of related minerals.

Classification of Chabazite

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Physical Properties of Chabazite

Lustre:

Vitreous

Colour:

white, pink, red, yellow, orange

Streak:

white

Hardness (Mohs):

4 - 5

Density (measured):

2.05 - 2.2 g/cm³

Density (calculated):

2.035 g/cm³

Crystallography of Chabazite

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Chabazite no.15 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

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Relationship of Chabazite to other Species

Member of Group:

Zeolite Group

Other Names for Chabazite

Synonyms:

Acadialite	Acadiolite	Acadiolithe	Chabasite	Cubic Zeolite
Cuboicite	Haydenite	Kabazite	Natronchabazit (of Eichhorn)	Seebachite

Other Languages:

Dutch:	Chabaziet
Esperanto:	Ĥabazito
Finnish:	Kabasiitti
French:	Chabazite
German:	Chabasit Acadialit Acadiolit Akadialyt Chabazit Cuboicit Haydenit Kabazit Kuboîcit Seebachit
Hungarian:	Chabazit
Italian:	Cabasite

Polish:	Chabazyt
Russian:	Шабазит
Slovak:	Chabazit
Spanish:	Acadialita Acadiolita Chabazita Cuboicita Facolita Haydenita Kabazita Seebachita

Varieties:

Phacolite

Other Information

Health Warning:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Chabazite

Reference List:

Neuhoff, P.S., J.F. Stebbins, & D.K. Bird (2003), Si-Al disorder and solid solutions in analcime, chabazite, and wairakite: American Mineralogist: 88: 410-423.

Zema, M.; Tarantino, S. C.; Montagna, G. (2008): Hydration/dehydration and cation migration processes at high temperature in zeolite chabazite. Chemistry of Materials 20, 5876-5887.