[Rockhounds] Chabazite poem

[Juergen Wachsmuth]

Hello,
this is an interesting story. I do not think Mindat has all the facts here.
The greek word is chalazios (= hail), in the poem Lithika it is used as
chalazie. But in the 18th century there was a wrong reading of the word,
chabazios, and therefore Bosc d`Antic 1780 (or 1792) created the name
chabazie. Later it was changed to Chabasie (Hauy 1801), Chabasit and
chabazite.
In 1871 a new edition of Lithika, a greek poem written in the 4th century
A.D.,  by Tyrwhitt corrected the error. Nevertheless the b in the mineral
chabazite stayed.

Please let us know if you find out more.

Regards,
Jürgen
Ulm - Germany

Kitty & Bill Heacox schrieb:

> I've found the following quote about the origin of the name, chabazite,
> on several websites including mindat.  Only problem is I can't find the
> poem.  I was curious to learn what the other 19 stones were, but can't
> find <Peri lithos> with or without Orpheus.  Since Orpheus is part of
> Greek mythology, it's not like looking for a genuine poet.  Anybody have
> any ideas?
>
>  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.
>
> Aloha, Kitty
>
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