Chlo"ro*phane (?), n. [Gr. light green + to show: cf. F. chlorophane.]

1. Min.

A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.

2. Physiol.

The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.

 

© Webster 1913.

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