Pŷr'o-mōr'phite, n.

(49), n. [Ger. pyromorphit, from Gr. πῦρ, πυρός, fire, and μορφή, shape.] (Min.) The mineral phosphate of lead, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and masses;—so called in reference to the crystalline form which the globule, produced under the blow-pipe, assumes in cooling. Dana.