名詞 zeolite:

1. any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks

ze.o.lite

n.（名詞）
Any one of a family of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, whose molecules enclose cations of sodium, potassium, calcium, strontium, or barium, or a corresponding synthetic compound, used chiefly as molecular filters and ion-exchange agents.
沸石：水合的鋁硅酸鹽礦物的一種，它的分子包括鈉、鉀、鈣、鍶、鋇的陽離子或相同的人工化合物，主要用于分子過濾和離子交換的催化劑

來源：
Swedish zeolit
瑞典語 zeolit
from Greek zein [to boil (from its swelling and boiling under the blowpipe)] * see yes-
源自 希臘語 zein [使沸騰（源自在吹管下它的膨脹和沸騰）] *參見 yes-