Pseudomorph Mineral Specimens:pseudomorphs (false form) minerals available for sale from worldwide localities.

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Pseudomorph Mineral Specimens
Pseudomorphs = False Form

Below is a gallery of Pseudomorph mineral specimens for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York City, NY. Pseudomorphs are mineral specimens where a mineral has taken the form of a previously deposited mineral. Sounds simple, but the processes are diverse and elaborate. Some are created when a second mineral grows over another, then the original dissolves away. Some are replaced molecule by molecule, or atom by atom, until the second mineral has the exact shape of the original mineral. Sometimes a mold is made of the first mineral by a second mineral growing over it, then the original dissolves, then a third mineral fills the void, and finally the second mineral dissolves. Suffice it to say you could collect just pseudomorphs and have an endless variety of specimens. Common pseudomorphs include: Copper pseudomorph after Azurite, Descloizite pseudomorph after Cerussite, Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite, Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite, Prehnite pseudomorph after Laumontite, Pyrolusite pseudomorph after Manganite, Stibiconite pseudomorph after Stibnite, Strontianite pseudomorph after Celetite. To purchase mineral specimens, go to the online order form.

Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

#45499, Quartz pseudomorphs after Fluorite, Slope Mountain, Chatham, New Hampshire (m) $42	#46346, Quartz pseudomorph after Anhydrite, Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (m) $40	#46347, Prehnite pseudomorph after Anhydrite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (m) $40	#45856, Laumontite and Heulandite pseudomorph after Pectolite with Stilbite, Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $225	#46041, Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona (c) $350
#45857, Prehnite epimorph after Anhydrite with Calcite, Phillipsite, McBride Avenue & Browertown Road Pumping Station, New Jersey (m) $75	#45639, Quartz pseudomorphs after Natrolite, Stilbite, Stafford Springs, Connecticut (t) $28	#44913, Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite, Planet Mine, Arizona (m) $75	#46201, Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite, Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $65	#46045, Azurite with Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona (m) $350
	#46193, Prehnite pseudomorphs after Anhydrite, Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $85