collophane
[ kol-uh-feyn ]
/ ˈkɒl əˌfeɪn /
noun Mineralogy.
a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
Also
col·loph·a·nite
[kuh-lof-uh-nahyt, kol-uh-fuh-] /kəˈlɒf əˌnaɪt, ˈkɒl ə fə-/.
Words nearby collophane
colloidal gel,
colloidal solution,
colloidal suspension,
colloidin,
collop,
collophane,
collophore,
colloq.,
colloquial,
colloquialism,
colloquium