paramorph

Meanings

Plural: paramorphs

Noun

A kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a change of physical characteristics without alteration of chemical composition, as in the change of aragonite to calcite.

Origin / Etymology

From para- + -morph.

Synonyms

allomorph

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