Pseudomorphism
noun
1.
an irregular or unclassifiable form.
2.
a mineral having the outward appearance of another mineral that it has replaced by chemical action.
noun
1.
a mineral that has an uncharacteristic crystalline form as a result of assuming the shape of another mineral that it has replaced
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