collophane
[ kol-uh-feyn ]
nounMineralogy.
a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
Origin of collophane
1- Also col·loph·a·nite [kuh-lof-uh-nahyt, kol-uh-fuh-]. /kəˈlɒf əˌnaɪt, ˈkɒl ə fə-/.
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