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Webster 1913 Edition
Pseudomorph
1.
An irregular or deceptive form.
2.
(Crystallog.)
A
pseudomorphous crystal
, such as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution. Definition 2025
pseudomorph
pseudomorph
English
Noun
pseudomorph (plural pseudomorphs)
- (geology, mineralogy) A mineral that formed by replacement of an existing mineral (or organic matter) such that the new mineral has the appearance and dimensions of the original.
- Petrified wood is a silicic pseudomorph of the original wood.
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a mineral that formed by replacement of an existing mineral or organic matter
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