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amphigene Min.|ˈæmfɪdʒiːn|
[a. Fr. amphigène, f. Gr. ἀµϕιγενής of both kinds, of doubtful kind; f. ἀµϕί both + γένος kind, nature.]
A synonym of leucite, rejected by Dana.
1803Edin. Rev. III. 53 Now we see its [leucite's] place supplied by the word amphigene. 1868Dana Min. 335 Haüy's name, Amphigene, is..in allusion to the existence of cleavage in two directions (which is not a fact), and to his inference therefrom of ‘two primitive forms’ (which is only a notion of his); and it has therefore the best of claims for rejection. 1869Phillips Vesuv. x. 292 Leucite or Amphigene, frequent in the lavas of Somma. |