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(ăl'ə-fān') pronunciation
n.
An amorphous, translucent, variously colored mineral, essentially hydrous aluminum silicate.

[From Greek allophanēs, appearing otherwise : allos, other; see allo- + phainesthai, phan-, to appear, passive of phainein, to show; see fantasy.]


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