/kab"euh zuyt'/ , n.
a zeolite mineral, essentially a hydrated sodium calcium aluminum silicate, occurring usually in red to colorless rhombohedral crystals.
[ 1795-1805; earlier chabaz ( ie ) ( chabasie chabázios, misspelling of chalázios hailstonelike (stone), equiv. to chálaz ( a ) hail, hailstone + -ios adj. suffix) + -ITE 1 ; cf. G Chabasit ]