Peridotite has undergone strong serpentinization and was completely replaced by serpentinite, but the pseudomorph of olivine and orthopyroxene still are preserved. 橄榄岩虽然发生了强烈蛇纹岩化(现在为蛇纹岩),但蛇纹岩中保留了斜方辉石和橄榄石的假象。
In mineralogy, a pseudomorph is a mineral or mineral compound that appears in an atypical form (crystal system), resulting from a substitution process in which the appearance and dimensions remain constant, but the original mineral is replaced by another. The name literally means "false form".