diphaniten.

/ˈdɪfənʌɪt/

Etymology: < (1846) Greek δι-, δίς twice, doubly + -ϕανης showing, appearing + -ite suffix¹: ‘because it has quite a different aspect according to the direction in which it is looked at’.

Mineralogy.

A name given by Nordenskiöld to a mineral now regarded as belonging to the species margarite n.²Viewed 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.

ΚΠ

1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 292.

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 507 Diphanite is from the Emerald mines of the Ural, with chrysoberyl and phenacite.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diphanite
释义	diphaniten. /ˈdɪfənʌɪt/ Etymology: < (1846) Greek δι-, δίς twice, doubly + -ϕανης showing, appearing + -ite suffix¹: ‘because it has quite a different aspect according to the direction in which it is looked at’. Mineralogy. A name given by Nordenskiöld to a mineral now regarded as belonging to the species margarite n.²Viewed 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. ΚΠ 1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 292. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 507 Diphanite is from the Emerald mines of the Ural, with chrysoberyl and phenacite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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