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pseudomorph

[ soo-duh-mawrf ]

noun

  1. an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  2. a mineral having the outward appearance of another mineral that it has replaced by chemical action.


pseudomorph

/ ˈːəʊˌɔː /

noun

  1. a mineral that has an uncharacteristic crystalline form as a result of assuming the shape of another mineral that it has replaced
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܻˈǰ󾱲, noun
  • ˌܻˈǰ󾱳, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • d·ǰp󾱳 d·ǰpdzܲ adjective
  • d·ǰp󾱲 noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pseudomorph1

First recorded in 1840–50; pseudo- + -morph
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Example Sentences

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It is a pseudomorph after iolite, and consists mainly of hydrous aluminium silicate.

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Cassiterite occurs as a pseudomorph after orthoclase felspar in some of the altered granite of Cornwall, and it has occasionally been found as a cementing material in certain brecciated lodes.

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The secondary mineral begins to form upon the surfaces and along the cracks of the olivine, gradually producing a mesh-work in the interstices of which small kernels of olivine remain; and when the process is completed the mesh structure persists in the resulting pseudomorph, giving a clear indication as to its history.

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It is then called a pseudomorph, which is a term applied to any mineral which, instead of having the form it should possess, shows the form of something which has altered its structure completely, and then disappeared.

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Hawksnest, over beyond, I noted, had its pseudomorph too; a newspaper proprietor of the type that hustles along with stolen ideas from one loud sink-or-swim enterprise to another, had bought the place outright; Redgrave was in the hands of brewers.

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