Usually means: Becomes transparent when wet.
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  1. hydrophanous: Merriam-Webster
  2. hydrophanous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hydrophanous: Wordnik
  4. hydrophanous: Wiktionary
  5. Hydrophanous, hydrophanous: Dictionary.com
  6. Hydrophanous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. hydrophanous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Hydrophanous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. hydrophanous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. hydrophanous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hydrophanous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Hydrophanous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hydrophanous)

▸ adjective:  (mineralogy) Made transparent by immersion in water.

Similar:
hydronian, hypohyaline, enhydrous, holohyaline, hydrogenian, hydroxylian, oligomineral, hafnian, hyaline, water white, more...

Opposite:
non-hydrophanous, opaque, non-translucent, cloudy

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Similar:
hydronian, hypohyaline, enhydrous, holohyaline, hydrogenian, hydroxylian, oligomineral, hafnian, hyaline, water white, more...

Opposite:
non-hydrophanous, opaque, non-translucent, cloudy



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