pseudomorph

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It is then called a pseudomorph, which is a term applied to any mineral which, instead of having the form it should possess, shows the form of something which has altered its structure completely, and then disappeared.

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  1. noun A false, deceptive, or irregular form.
  2. noun A mineral that has the crystalline form of another mineral rather than the form normally characteristic of its own composition.

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  1. from Greek ψευδής, false, + μορφή, form.
 

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/ˈsjudəmɔrf/
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