Crossword-Solution: PSEUDOMORPH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pseudomorph | n. | An irregular or deceptive form. |
| Pseudomorph | n. | A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “PSEUDOMORPH”
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| CRYSTAL consisting of one mineral with form proper to another | 1 answer |
| FALSE form (of crystal) | 1 answer |
| a false or abnormal physical form | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
IVINDE
Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with PSEUDOMORPH (5)
Hawksnest, over beyond, I noted, had its pseudomorph too; a newspaper proprietor of the type that hustles along with stolen ideas from one loud sink-or-swim enterprise to another, had bought the place outright; Redgrave was in the hands of brewers.
For instance: very often, in a certain cavity, fluorspar has existed originally, but, through some chemical means, has been slowly changed to quartz, so that, as crystals cannot be changed in shape, we find quartz existing--undeniably quartz--yet possessing the crystals of fluorspar; therefore the quartz becomes a pseudomorph, the condition being an example of what is termed pseudomorphism.
The secondary mineral begins to form upon the surfaces and along the cracks of the olivine, gradually producing a mesh-work in the interstices of which small kernels of olivine remain; and when the process is completed the mesh structure persists in the resulting pseudomorph, giving a clear indication as to its history.
Mars, Martis, the god Mars, the alchemical name of iron.] (Min.) Defn: Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.
Cassiterite occurs as a pseudomorph after orthoclase felspar in some of the altered granite of Cornwall, and it has occasionally been found as a cementing material in certain brecciated lodes.