au·thi·gen·ic
| \ ¦ȯthə¦jenik \
variants:
or authigenous \
(ˈ)ȯ¦thijənəs
\
Definition of authigenic
: formed where found
—used of mineral particles of rocks formed by crystallization in the place they occupy —opposed to allothogenic
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The first known use of authigenic was circa 1888
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