Chāb'a-sīte, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Gr. χαβαζίος, one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Περὶ λίθων, ascribed to Orpheus. (Min.) A mineral occurring in glassy rhombohedral crystals having nearly the form of a cube, and also in double six-sided pyramids. It is either colorless or tinged with red or a shade of yellow. The principal constituents are silica, alumina, lime, and 20 per cent. of water. Dana.