melaphyre

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Etymology[edit]

French, from Ancient Greek, meaning "black porphyry".

Noun[edit]

melaphyre (countable and uncountable, plural melaphyres)

  1. (obsolete) Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age

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