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Meaning of "porphyritic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PORPHYRITIC

ˌpɔːfɪˈrɪtɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORPHYRITIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Porphyritic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PORPHYRITIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Porphyritic

Porphyritic is an adjective used in geology, specifically for igneous rocks, for a rock that has a distinct difference in the size of the crystals, with at least one group of crystals obviously larger than another group. Porphyritic rocks may be aphanites or extrusive, with large crystals or phenocrysts floating in a fine-grained groundmass of non-visible crystals, as in a porphyritic basalt, or phanerites or intrusive, with individual crystals of the groundmass may be easily distinguished with the eye, but one group of crystals clearly much bigger than the rest, as in a porphyritic granite. Most types of igneous rocks may display some degree of porphyritic texture. One main type of rock that has a porphyritic texture are porphyry, though not all porphyritic rocks are porphyries.

Definition of porphyritic in the English dictionary

The definition of porphyritic in the dictionary is having large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals. Other definition of porphyritic is consisting of porphyry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORPHYRITIC

antipruritic · barytic · chloritic · dioritic · evaporitic · ferritic · granodioritic · iritic · lateritic · lathyritic · meteoritic · micrometeoritic · neritic · neuritic · phosphoritic · pleuritic · pruritic · pyritic · Sybaritic · Ugaritic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORPHYRITIC

porous · porously · porousness · porpentine · porpess · porphyria · porphyric · porphyries · porphyrin · porphyrite · porphyrogenite · porphyroid · porphyropsin · porphyrous · porphyry · porpoise · porporate · porraceous · porrect · porrection

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORPHYRITIC

antarthritic · antiarthritic · arthritic · blepharitic · chondritic · critic · dendritic · diacritic · drama critic · eccritic · film critic · Himyaritic · hypocritic · literary critic · margaritic · music critic · nephritic · oneirocritic · osteoarthritic · politic · Sanskritic

Synonyms and antonyms of porphyritic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «porphyritic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORPHYRITIC

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The translations of porphyritic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «porphyritic» in English.
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斑状
1,325 millions of speakers
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porfídica
570 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
510 millions of speakers
hi

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porphyritic
380 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
280 millions of speakers
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порфировых
278 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
270 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
260 millions of speakers
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porphyrique
220 millions of speakers
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Porphyritic
190 millions of speakers
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porphyrischen
180 millions of speakers
ja

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斑状
130 millions of speakers
ko

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반상
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Porphyritic
85 millions of speakers
vi

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porphyr
80 millions of speakers
ta

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porphyritic
75 millions of speakers
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पोर्फ्र्रिटिक
75 millions of speakers
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porfirik
70 millions of speakers
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porfirica
65 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
50 millions of speakers
uk

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порфірових
40 millions of speakers
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porfirică
30 millions of speakers
el

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πορφυριτικά
15 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
14 millions of speakers
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porphyritic
10 millions of speakers
no

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porphyritic
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORPHYRITIC»

Discover the use of porphyritic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to porphyritic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fractures, Fluid Flow and Mineralization
Our observations suggest that the porphyritic andesite can be further divided into medium grained porphyritic andesite and megaporphyritic andesite. Medium grained porphyritic andesite. This rock type is exposed in a few deeply weathered ...
Ken McCaffrey, Lidia Lonergan, Jamie Wilkinson, 1999
2
Origin and evolution of the Santiaguito volcanic dome ...
Rock Type Texture SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 wt% wt% wt% SG-09-01 Santiaguito RcM1 2001-02 lavaflow 14.72055 91.57867 andesite porphyritic 61.99 ± 0.09 0.558 ± 0.007 17.45 ± 0.08 SG-09-02 Santiaguito RcM1 2001-02 lavaflow 14.72055 ...
Jeannie A.J. Scott
3
Holocene and Late Pleistocene Tephra Stratigraphy of the ...
Site Unit Number Petrographic Lithology Deadman Summit 06500-D Inyo Finely Porphyritic 06500-E Sparsely Porphyritic 06500-G Porphyritic Orthopyroxene 06500-H Porphyritic Olivine 06500-I Porphyritic Orthopyroxene 06500-J Porphyritic ...
Charles Robert Meyn, 2007
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Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century
GEOMIN Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH, Lengefeld/Erzgebirge, Germany ABSTRACT: Formerly known as "Altenberg granite porphyry" (GP), the multiple intrusion of dykes and subvolcanic stocks of the Upper Carboniferous porphyritic  ...
A. Piestrzynski, 2001
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Quartz monzonite is the predominant rock, and is represented by two varieties — a normally granular quartz monzonite and a porphyritic variety containing large crystals of orthoclase. These two varieties grade into each other, but the zone of ...
‎1918
6
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Porphyritic. Texture. Most aphanitic rocks, many glassy rocks, and some phaneritic rocks contain large, more or less euhedral phenocrysts embedded in a distinctly finer-grained or glassy matrix, or groundmass. This is porphyritic texture.
Myron G. Best, 2013
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Geology and gold mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin ...
The largest exposed body of the porphyritic monzogranite crops out east of Hualapai Valley, nearly centered on Garnet Mountain itself. Here the porphyritic monzogranite is the principal rock unit exposed in an area of about 60 km2. Several ...
Ted G. Theodore, Will N. Blair, John Thomas Nash, 1987
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Neogene-Quaternary Continental Margin Volcanism: A ...
... Cuastecomate Cuastecomate Cuastecomate Amphibole-bearing dacite lava with porphyritic texture, aphyric enclave bearing Amphibole-bearing dacite lava with porphyritic texture, porphyritic enclave bearing Amphibole-bearing dacite lava ...
Claus Siebe, José Luis Macías, Gerardo J. Aguirre-Díaz, 2006
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Great Basin and Sierra Nevada
Genesis-Blucstar mines, these dikes are locally hydrothermally- altered and contain pyrite-arsenopyrite veinlets but are generally not ore-bearing. Porphyritic dacite contains 20%-25% medium to coarse phenocrysts of plagioclase. biotite, and ...
David R. Lageson, Stephen George Peters, Mary M. Lahren, 2000
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The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites
4.2.5 Gooding-Keil scheme Gooding and Keil (1981) divided the chondrules into porphyritic and non- porphyritic and then described the mineralogy and texture of the chondrule. Porphyritic chondrules are porphyritic olivine-pyroxene, ...
Derek W. G. Sears, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORPHYRITIC»

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Calibre Drilling Intersects 19.2 Metres Grading 223.4 g/t Silver and …
Low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver mineralization intersected in the Project gold-silver vein systems are hosted within porphyritic andesite and consists of ... «Junior Mining Network, Jul 15»
2
Curiosity Finds Evidence for Continental Crust on Early Mars
... compositions containing up to 67 percent SiO2 and 14 percent total alkalis (Na2O + K2O) with fine-grained to porphyritic textures on the one ... «Sci-News.com, Jul 15»
3
Coastal drawing is inspiration for art
... a 59-minute work that travels from the coal seams of Tyneside to the porphyritic rocks north of the River Tweed, layering instrumental sounds, ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jul 15»
4
AASLD Updates HCV Guidelines
... fatigue; insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes; and porphyria cutanea tarda, a porphyritic disease commonly associated with liver problems. «Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, Jul 15»
5
Evrim Formally Acquires the Ball Creek Project in British Columbia
... with propylitic alteration and fracture-controlled and disseminated sulphide mineralization in both volcanic and porphyritic intrusive rocks. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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Calibre Drilling Intersects 1.39 Metres Grading 98.72 g/t Gold and …
Low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver mineralization intersected in the Project gold-silver vein systems are hosted within porphyritic andesite ... «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
7
Evrim Resources sees opportunity amid struggling markets
Ardmore consists of porphyritic Proterozoic monzogranite to granite and Laramide porphyritic dykes, with zones of quartz-sericite alteration. «The Northern Miner, Jun 15»
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Calibre Mining Hits 2.60m Grading 9.01 g/t Gold at Eastern Borosi …
... intersected at the Eastern Borosi Project gold-silver vein systems are hosted within porphyritic andesite and consists of structurally controlled, ... «Gold Investing News, May 15»
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Calibre Drilling Expands High Grade Blag Gold-Silver System …
... intersected at the Eastern Borosi Project gold-silver vein systems are hosted within porphyritic andesite and consists of structurally controlled, ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
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Lundin, Beaty bullish on Ecuador's prospects
Cangrejos' mineralization is associated with a sequence of intercalated porphyritic-dioritic intrusions and hydrothermal breccias. Gold grades ... «The Northern Miner, Apr 15»
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