pseudojasper
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pseudojasper (countable and uncountable, plural pseudojaspers)
- (mineralogy, dated) A rock that resembles, but is not, jasper
- 1841, Edward Hitchcock, Final report on the geology of Massachusetts - Page 553[1]:
- Now I suspect that the action of granite on this rock, has converted a part of it into this pseudo-jasper.
- 1888, Benito Pérez Galdós, La familia de León Roch - Volume 2[2], page 86:
- The pseudojasper, gold, and brilliant colours dazzled the eye till they all seemed to be swimming round and round the dome like fishes in a glass bowl.