Usually means: Glowing when heated; a mineral.
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  4. Pyrophane: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. pyrophane: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Pyrophane: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. pyrophane: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pyrophane)

noun:  (mineralogy) A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat.

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