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Porphyry

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
porphyritic rock
plural
Porphyries
possessive
Porphyry's
pluralpossessive
Porphyries'