GRANOPHYRE


Meaning of GRANOPHYRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgran-ə-ˌfī(-ə)r ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from grano- + French -phyre (as in porphyre porphyry)

Date: 1882

: a porphyritic igneous rock chiefly of feldspar and quartz with granular groundmass

• grano·phyr·ic ˌgran-ə-ˈfir-ik adjective

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