Chlorophane

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light. countable, uncountable

    "CHLOROPHANE. The Amelia Court House, Va., locality yields a bluegreen fluorescing chlorophane. Kunz and Baskerville qualitatively studied the emission from Chlorophane in 1903. (See also the discussion for Fluorite which is also […]"

  2. 2
    The yellowish-green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. countable, uncountable

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"CHLOROPHANE. The Amelia Court House, Va., locality yields a bluegreen fluorescing chlorophane. Kunz and Baskerville qualitatively studied the emission from Chlorophane in 1903. (See also the discussion for Fluorite which is also […]"

Etymology

From chloro- + -phane. Compare French chlorophane.

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