paramorph

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ -morph.

Noun

paramorph (plural paramorphs)

  1. (mineralogy) A kind of pseudomorph in which paramorphism occurs (involving a change of physical characteristics without alteration of chemical composition, as in the change of aragonite to calcite).

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