Definition of Pseudomorphs

1. Noun. (plural of pseudomorph) ¹

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Definition of Pseudomorphs

1. pseudomorph [n] - See also: pseudomorph

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudomorphs

pseudomolecular
pseudomonacidal
pseudomonad
pseudomonades
pseudomonads
pseudomonal
pseudomonas
pseudomonic
pseudomonic acid
pseudomonocotyledonous
pseudomorph
pseudomorphic
pseudomorphism
pseudomorphisms
pseudomorphous
pseudomorphs (current term)
pseudomusical
pseudomystical
pseudomythological
pseudonarrative
pseudonavicella
pseudonavicellae
pseudonavicula
pseudonaviculae
pseudonaviculas
pseudoneglect
pseudoneuropterous
pseudonull
pseudonulls
pseudonym

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. ..."

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