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PLESIOMORPHISM [1 record]

Record 1 1999-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

The property of certain substances of crystallizing in similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.

Key term(s)
  • isogonism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Phénomène se rapportant à l'analogie des formes cristallines que présentent certaines substances chimiquement différentes.

Key term(s)
  • isogonisme

Spanish

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