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Definition of Pseudomorphous
1. a. Not having the true form.
Definition of Pseudomorphous
1. Adjective. Not having the true form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pseudomorphous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudomorphous
Literary usage of Pseudomorphous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"pseudomorphous crystals are distinguished by having a different structure and
cleavage from that of the mineral imitated in form, and a different hardness, ..."
2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"Magnetite pseudomorphous after Haematite. — Mr. AJ Moses § notes that in many
specimens of iron ore from Antwerp, New York, the haematite has been reduced ..."
3. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"It was for a long time a singular anomaly that no instances were known either of
pseudomorphous apatite or of other pseudo- morphous minerals after apatite. ..."
4. Manual of Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana (1855)
"A pseudomorphous* crystal is one that has a form which is foreign to the species
to which the substance belongs. Crystals sometimes undergo a change of ..."
5. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"pseudomorphous CRYSTALS. Such crystals are called pseudomorphs, and their existence
is explained by the assumption, often admitting of direct proof, ..."
6. A System of Mineralogy: Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries by James Dwight Dana (1844)
"A pseudomorphous crystal is one which possesses a form that is foreign to it,
and which it has received from some cause distinct from its own powers of ..."
7. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1853)
"On pseudomorphous Minerals. By our friend. Professor Sillem. ... The pseudomorphous
forms described in this paper are— —(American Journal of Science and ..."
8. A Treatise on Mineralogy by Charles Upham Shepard (1857)
"... which are of accidental origin, (not having any connection with the nature of
the minerals in which they occur,) are called pseudomorphous crystals. ..."
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