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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(mineralogy, dated) A rock that resembles, but is not, jasper.
Now I suspect that the action of granite on this rock, has converted a part of it into this pseudo-jasper.
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.
Use pseudojasper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pseudojasper means (mineralogy, dated) A rock that resembles, but is not, jasper.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Now I suspect that the action of granite on this rock, has converted a part of it into this pseudo-jasper.
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