Definition of Pseudomorphs. Meaning of Pseudomorphs. Synonyms of Pseudomorphs

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Definition of Pseudomorphs

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 Pseudomorphs from wikipedia

- for pseudomorphs is "replacer after original", as in brookite after rutile. An infiltration pseudomorph, or substitution pseudomorph is a pseudomorph in...
- which will often release several pseudomorphs and change colour (blanch) in conjunction with these releases. The pseudomorphs are roughly the same volume as...
- (1979). "Calcite pseudomorphs (pseudo****lusite, jarrowite, thinolite, glendonite, gennoishi) in sedimentary rocks. The origin of pseudomorphs (in Russian)"...
- 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...
- Individual crystals are rare, but occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite crystals also occur. The stone's...
- Common goethite pseudomorphs include pyrite, siderite, and marcasite, though any iron(II)-bearing mineral could become a goethite pseudomorph if proper conditions...
- limonite often presents as a clay or mudstone. However, there are limonite pseudomorphs after other minerals such as pyrite. This means that chemical weathering...
- electrically conductive. Hematite varieties include kidney ore, martite (pseudomorphs after magnetite), iron rose and specularite (specular hematite). While...
- other secondary minerals. At the Shattuck Mine, it forms pseudomorphs after malachite. A pseudomorph is an atom by atom replacement of a crystal structure...
- Luz, B.; Sander, M.; Clemens, W.A. (1996). "Dinosaur bones: fossils or pseudomorphs? The pitfalls of physiology reconstruction from apatitic fossils" (PDF)...