Definitions for "Pseudomorph"
A pseudomorphous crystal, such 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.
A mineral whose outward crystal form is that of another species. It has developed via some type of transformation (alteration, substitution, incrustation, or paramorphism) and is described as being ``after'' the mineral whose outward form it has.
A secondary mineral, which has replaced an earlier mineral but retained its shape.
"false body"; ink squirted by a squid that takes the approximate shape of the squid and acts as a decoy
Keywords:  deceptive, irregular, form
An irregular or deceptive form.