What is "nabesite"

n. (context mineralogy English) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Nabesite is a rare silicate mineral of the zeolite group with the chemical formula Na Be Si O·4( HO). It occurs as colorless to white orthorhombic crystals in thin platy mica like sheets. It has the zeolite structure. Its Mohs hardness is 5 to 6 and its specific gravity is 2.16. The reported refractive index values are n=1.499, n=1.507, and n=1.511.

It was discovered in the Ilimaussaq intrusive complex, of southwest Greenland, and first recognized in 2000. It occurs in tugtupite-bearing albitite, a rare highly alkaline igneous rock.