- In mineralogy, a
pseudomorph is a
mineral or
mineral compound that
appears in an
atypical form (crystal system),
resulting from a
substitution process...
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Individual crystals are rare, but
occur as
slender to
acicular prisms.
Pseudomorphs after more
tabular or
blocky azurite crystals also occur. The stone's...
- near-freezing water. This "melting mineral" is more
commonly known through its
pseudomorphs. It is
usually considered a rare mineral, but this is
likely due to difficulty...
- Luz, B.; Sander, M.; Clemens, W.A. (1996). "Dinosaur bones:
fossils or
pseudomorphs? The
pitfalls of
physiology reconstruction from
apatitic fossils" (PDF)...
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electrically conductive.
Hematite varieties include kidney ore,
martite (
pseudomorphs after magnetite), iron rose and
specularite (specular hematite). While...
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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...
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monoclinic vivianite oxidizes to form the
amorphous santabarbaraite.
Pseudomorphism may be seen in Victoria, Australia, in
Wannon Falls (originally a well-known...
- for hunting, such as sharks. Ink
clouds of some
species might act as
pseudomorphs, or
decoys that the
predator attacks instead. When
under attack, some...
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margins of Gondwana. This is
evidenced by the
occurrence of
glendonite (a
pseudomorph of ikaite; a form of
calcite deposited in
glacial waters) in fine-grained...
- is
termed a
pseudomorph of (or after) the reagent.
Illustrated here is a
pseudomorph of
kaolinite after orthoclase. Here, the
pseudomorph preserved the...
