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What does pseudomorphism mean?

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Noun
  1. (crystallography) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.
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The absence of euhedral crystals of phillipsite, even by SEM examination, suggests that the alteration may be a form of pseudomorphism.
Although this is not a particularly quantitative test, it does show that complete pseudomorphism had not occurred for these two specimens.
During his own efforts to understand the processes underlying pseudomorphism, Heaney examined thin samples of tiger's-eye under a microscope and realized that Wibel was wrong.
Powell also falls into the trap of pseudomorphism, but she is unashamed of it.

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