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Meaning of "porphyroid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PORPHYROID

ˈpɔːfɪˌrɔɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORPHYROID

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WHAT DOES PORPHYROID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Porphyry (geology)

Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. The larger crystals are called phenocrysts. In its non-geologic, traditional use, the term "porphyry" refers to the purple-red form of this stone, valued for its appearance. The term "porphyry" is from Greek and means "purple". Purple was the color of royalty, and the "Imperial Porphyry" was a deep purple igneous rock with large crystals of plagioclase. The rock was the hardest known in antiquity and was prized for monuments and building projects in Imperial Rome and later. Subsequently the name was given to igneous rocks with large crystals. Porphyritic now refers to a texture of igneous rocks. Its chief characteristic is a large difference between the size of the tiny matrix crystals and other much larger phenocrysts. Porphyries may be aphanites or phanerites, that is, the groundmass may have invisibly small crystals, like basalt, or the individual crystals of the groundmass may be easily distinguished with the eye, as in granite.

Definition of porphyroid in the English dictionary

The definition of porphyroid in the dictionary is having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. Other definition of porphyroid is a metamorphic rock having this texture.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORPHYROID

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORPHYROID

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PORPHYROID

anabolic steroid · antithyroid · aroid · astroid · centroid · chancroid · choroid · euthyroid · fibroid · hydroid · hyperthyroid · hypothyroid · near-earth asteroid · Negroid · parathyroid · pyrethroid · sang-froid · spheroid · toroid · viroid

Synonyms and antonyms of porphyroid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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似斑状
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porfiroide
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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porfiróide
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porphyroid
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porphyroïde
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Porphyroid
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porphyr
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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Porphyroid
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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पोफाईडॉइड
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porphyroid
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porfiroide
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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porphyroid
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORPHYROID»

Discover the use of porphyroid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to porphyroid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Geothermal Energy in Europe: The Soultz Hot Dry Rock Project
The type 2 cuttings may be considered to represent the biotite porphyroid granite which has undergone a very prominent hematization of K-feldspar megacryst ( purplish colored cutting samples). We term it hematised, porphyroid biotite granite.
J. C. Bresee, 1992
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The Continental Permain in Central, West, and South Europe: ...
In some places similar schists are found above the upper layer of "Nair- porphyroid" as well. But normally, 1O metres of sericite schists, which contain pebbles of "Nair-porphyroid", follow above the upper "Nair-porphyroid". Their lower boundary ...
Horst Falke, 1976
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The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian ...
o metatrachyte C14.15 A metatrachyte SWIE4 V metatrachyte LA2 ♢ rhyodacite N20A • rhyodacite OK9.8 Th Nb Ta La Ce Sr Nd Zr Hf Sm Eu Ti Gd Tb Dy Y Er Tm Yb + orthogneiss FR25 X orthogneiss FR26 * orthogneiss Fr27 o porphyroid ...
Ulf Linnemann, 2007
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Magnetic Fabric: Methods and Applications
Microgranular enclaves are porphyroid or equigranular and medium- to fine- grained amphibole-biotite mon- zonite, syenites or monzodiorites. Contact between Units 1 and 2 are almost everywhere sharp, with some discontinuous fine-grained ...
Fatima Martín-Hernández, Geological Society of London, 2004
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Economic Geology of Gilpin County and Adjacent Parts of ...
Noteworthy features of this rock are the coarsely porphyroid texture, the presence of primary hornblende to the complete exclusion of biotite, which is an abundant constituent of most of the associated rocks, and the large percentage of ...
Edson Sunderland Bastin, James Madison Hill, 1917
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
The abundant phenocrysts, originally pyroxene, as shown by their form, are now an aggregate of chlorite, calcite, and magnetite. Nonporphyritic quartz monzonites. — Many of the quartz monzonites are porphyroid to massive in fabric and ...
‎1917
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Professional paper - United States Geological Survey
In thin section the gneissoid character is less conspicuous, the rock having a seriate porphyroid fabric In which the Individual crystals average about 1 millimeter in the longest direction, although the quartz crystals may be as much as 4 ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
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Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1995
... important hard dimension stone quarrying districts in Italy: Sardinia (granites). Luserna-Bagnolo (gneisses), Ossola (granites and gneisses), Bergamo ( schistose porphyroid), Trento (Palaeozoic ignirabrite, commercially known as porphyry).
J. Hadjigeorgiou, A.K. Mehmotra, R. Poulin, 1995
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The Geology of Belgium and the French Ardennes
The ordinary slate above it passes down to a paler, more ashy-looking rock, the separation of which from the porphyroid is marked, but I did not see any distinct signs of an ordinary igneous junction. Below the porphyroid is a grey, schisty rock , ...
Geologists' Association, Jules Auguste Alexandre Gosselet, 1885
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Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
1902 Excursion. From this point to Swannymote there extends another porphyroid described by Prof. Watts as the glassy porphyroid. Adjoining this porphyroid, two different rocks, not hitherto described on the Association excursions, were ...
‎1911
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