Definition of Pseudomorph. Meaning of Pseudomorph. Synonyms of Pseudomorph

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Definition of Pseudomorph

Pseudomorph
Pseudomorph Pseu"do*morph, n. [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.

Meaning of Pseudomorph from wikipedia

- In mineralogy, a pseudomorph is a mineral or mineral compound that appears in an atypical form (crystal system), resulting from a substitution process...
- Common goethite pseudomorphs include pyrite, siderite, and marcasite, though any iron(II)-bearing mineral could become a goethite pseudomorph if proper conditions...
- alteration of other minerals, it has been known to form pseudomorphs of many different minerals. A pseudomorph is a mineral that has replaced another mineral atom...
- pseudomorphosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pseudomorphosis may refer to: Pseudomorph, in mineralogy Pseudomorphosis (Spengler), a key concept in Oswald Spengler's...
- the chemical composition of phantom quartz is silicon dioxide (SiO2). Pseudomorph List of minerals "The Quartz Page: Growth Forms". Amir C. Akhavan. 2005...
- to be a new form of carbon, then a pseudomorph of graphite after diamond, and finally re****igned to a pseudomorph of graphite after kamacite. Cliftonite...
- is termed a pseudomorph of (or after) the reagent. Illustrated here is a pseudomorph of kaolinite after orthoclase. Here, the pseudomorph preserved the...
- Individual crystals are rare, but occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite crystals also occur. The stone's...
- Silicified remains of algae and silica pseudomorph after halite in flint. Pebble of Loire near Marcigny, France. Image width: about 5 mm....
- other secondary minerals. At the Shattuck Mine, it forms pseudomorphs after malachite. A pseudomorph is an atom by atom replacement of a crystal structure...