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Definition of Hydrophane
1. n. A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
Definition of Hydrophane
1. Noun. (minerology) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrophane
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Medical Definition of Hydrophane
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophane
Literary usage of Hydrophane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Gems: In Reference to Their Practical and Scientific Value by Lewis Feuchtwanger (1838)
"hydrophane. ' The name of this variety of Opal relates to the peculiar property
of becoming transparent, and opalescent after immersion in water. ..."
2. Illustrations of mechanics by Henry Moseley (1839)
"Among silicious stones is one called hydrophane, a kind of agate, whose porosity
causes it to present a very remarkable phenomenon. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"... communication in the Sporting Magazine, September, 1825:— The symptoms of
rabies in the dog are i i»' following, and are given nearly in the hydrophane. ..."
4. Gems; Notes and Extracts by Augusto Castellani (1871)
"hydrophane. THIS stone is a resinous quartz. It is almost opaque, iridescent,
and has the singular property of becoming transparent when dipped in water ..."
5. Gems and Precious Stones of North America: A Popular Description of Their by George Frederick Kunz (1890)
"... Jasper, Silicified Wood, Opal, hydrophane, etc. THE quartz group consists of
a large series of substances, which to the eye are very unlike each other, ..."
6. A manual of precious stones and antique gems by Hodder Michael Westropp (1874)
"hydrophane. " There is a stone," Pliny says, " found in Thesprotia, ... hydrophane ..."
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