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Name and first discovery : Named after the Greek words "amblys" for "blunt" and "goni" for "angle," it refers to the fact that amblygonite cleaves in different directions, each at a different angle, but other than 90°. It was first described in 1817 by August Breithaupt of Saxony.
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Abbreviation : Aby
literature
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1952). Dana's system of mineralogy. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar , 74 (2), 218-219.