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pseudomorph

pseudomorph


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.