granophyric
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granophyric — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|firik adjective : of, belonging to, or like granophyre * * * granophyric / firˈik or fīrˈik/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑granite … Useful english dictionary
granophyric — adjective see granophyre … New Collegiate Dictionary
granophyric — gran·o·phyr·ic … English syllables
granophyre — granophyric /gran euh fir ik/, adj. /gran euh fuyeur /, n. a fine grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass. [1880 85; GRANO + PHYRE] * * * ▪ rock fine grained igneous rock that… … Universalium
granophyre — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from grano + French phyre (as in porphyre porphyry) Date: 1882 a porphyritic igneous rock chiefly of feldspar and quartz with granular groundmass • granophyric adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Quartz-porphyry — Quartz porphyry, in petrology, is the name given to a group of hemi crystalline acid rocks containing porphyritic crystals of quartz in a fine grained matrix, usually of micro crystalline or felsitic structure. In specimens, the quartz appears as … Wikipedia
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