pseudomorphs

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Scope note
Minerals that have assumed the shapes of the substances they have replaced; such as mineralized textiles in a burial environment formed through the replacement of the organic matrix of fiber with a largely inorganic one.
pseudomorphs
Accepted term: 06-May-2024