pseudomorphous


pseu·do·morph

P0630900 (so͞o′də-môrf′)n.1. A false, deceptive, or irregular form.2. A mineral that has the crystalline form of another mineral rather than the form normally characteristic of its own composition.
pseu′do·mor′phic, pseu′do·mor′phous adj.pseu′do·mor′phism n.