collophane

collophane
/kol"euh fayn'/, n. Mineral.
a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
Also, collophanite /keuh lof"euh nuyt', kol"euh feuh-/.
[1915-20; < G Kollophan, equiv. to Gk koll(a) glue + -o- -O- + -phan -PHANE]

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