paramorph
paramorph A crystal formed by the conversion of one mineral polymorph (see POLYMORPHISM) to another. The polymorphs of silica provide a good example. If the high-temperature form, cristobalite, converts to a lower-temperature form, e.g. tridymite, the tridymite would form a paramorph.
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