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Definition of Pseudomorphs
1. pseudomorph [n] - See also: pseudomorph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudomorphs
Literary usage of Pseudomorphs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"pseudomorphs have been classed under four grand heads: 1. ... pseudomorphs by
substitution: those formed by the replacement of a mineral which has been ..."
2. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1859)
"In most instances, the points of the pseudomorphs consist of bitter-spar, ...
Blum considers that, in the first instance, hollow pseudomorphs of bitter-spar ..."
3. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"The fact, that among the first class of pseudomorphs we find the most complex
minerals, appears to afford some clue to their origin. The reason why mica, ..."
4. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"A detailed scription of some of them has already been bushed.3 As the pseudomorphs
are situated t various levels in the formation and are com- sed of many ..."
5. A System of Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"pseudomorphs have been classed under four grand heads: 1. ... pseudomorphs by
substitution: those formed by the replacement of a mineral which has been ..."
6. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"pseudomorphs.—A pseudomorph is a mineral or group of minerals having the crystal
form of ... pseudomorphs are developed by metasomatism native silver. ..."
7. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"pseudomorphs are developed by metasomatism FIG. 115.—Fossil shell replaced by
native silver. (After Spurr, US Geol. Survey.) and are regarded as proof of ..."
8. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1889)
"pseudomorphs of Haematite after Iron Pyrites.—Some per- fectly preserved pseudomorphs
of ... A list of former occurrences of these pseudomorphs is given. ..."