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diphanite Min.|ˈdɪfənaɪt|
[f. (1846) Gr. δι-, δίς twice, doubly + -ϕαν-ης showing, appearing + -ite: ‘because it has quite a different aspect according to the direction in which it is looked at’.]
A name given by Nordenskiöld to a mineral now regarded as belonging to the species margarite.
Viewed from the side, its prisms are bluish, transparent, and of vitreous lustre; looking down on the base, they are white, opaque, and of nacreous lustre.
1850Dana Min. 292. 1868 Ibid. 507 Diphanite is from the Emerald mines of the Ural, with chrysoberyl and phenacite. |