01 a. Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.
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Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.(Crystallog.)
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Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.(Geol.)