In mineralogy, a pseudomorph is a mineral or mineral compound that appears in an atypical form (crystal system), resulting from a substitution process in which the appearance and dimensions remain constant, but the original mineral is replaced by another. The name literally means `false form`. Terminology for pseudomorphs is `replacer after ori......
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false or abnormal physical form
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• (n.) An irregular or deceptive form. • (n.) A pseudomorphous crystal, 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.
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mineral formed by chemical or structural change of another substance, though retaining its original external shape. Although pseudomorphs give the ... [1 related articles]
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One mineral that chemically replaces another mineral without changing the external form of the original mineral. There are three types of pseudomorphs: paramorphs, infiltration pseudomorphs, and incrustation pseudomorphs.
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Pseu'do·morph noun [ See
Pseudomorphous .]
1. An irregular or deceptive form.
2. (Crystallog.) A pseudomorphous crystal, 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...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sū′dō-mōrf Definitions: 1. A mineral found crystallized in a form that is not proper to it but to some other mineral.
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Pseudomorph refers to a mineral that has taken the outward crystal form of a different mineral.
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in geology, a mineral compound resulting from a process by which the primary mineral component is replaced by another, although the compound maintains constant appearance and dimensions.
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Mineral that has replaced another in situ and has retained the external crystal shape of the original mineral
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an irregular or unclassifiable form. · a mineral having the outward appearance of another mineral that it has replaced by chemical action.
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