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porphyry plural

por·phy·ry

The plural form of porphyry is ˈporphyries

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Definitions

  • noun plural porphyry a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar. 1
  • noun plural porphyry Petrology. any igneous rock containing coarse crystals, as phenocrysts, in a finer-grained groundmass. 1
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