porphyry

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Porphyry (geology)

A piece of porphyry from Sweden

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpɔrfɪri/

[edit] Noun

porphyry (countable and uncountable; plural porphyries)

(geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix

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