different between chabazite vs gmelinite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæb?za?t/

Etymology

From French chabasie, coined by Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic from Ancient Greek ???????? (khabázios), apparently an error for ???????? (khalázios, “a kind of precious stone”) (which is probably from ?????? (khálaza, “hail”), due to looking like a hailstone), one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem ascribed to Orpheus.

Noun

chabazite (plural chabazites)

1. (mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Chabazite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “chabazite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

English

Etymology

Gmelin +? -ite, after Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792–1860).

Noun

gmelinite (countable and uncountable, plural gmelinites)

1. (mineralogy) A rare zeolite mineral related to chabazite.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Gmelinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “gmelinite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.