Definition of Porphyrites. Meaning of Porphyrites. Synonyms of Porphyrites

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Definition of Porphyrites

Porphyrite
Porphyrite Por"phy*rite, n. (Min.) A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite.

Meaning of Porphyrites from wikipedia

- south-central British Columbia. To the Romans it was known as Lapis porphyrites. Pliny the Elder's Natural History (36, 11) affirmed that the "Imperial...
- Mons Porphyrites (today Jabal Abu Dukhkhan) is the mountainous site of a group of ancient quarries in the Red Sea Hills of the Eastern Desert in Egypt...
- total about 60 million tons. There are numerous deposits of granites, porphyrites, and marbles which, when polished, acquire a smooth surface of beautiful...
- the Wheel? And How Did They Do It?". Wired. Pea****, D. P. S. "Mons Porphyrites". In Kathryn A. Bard; Steven Blake Shubert (eds.). Encyclopedia of the...
- (low grade) ore deposit of copper, consisting of porphyry rocks Mons Porphyrites, the only porphyry quarry worked in the ancient world for the emperor's...
- desert by the Wádee Tarfa, joins the roads to the quarries of the Mons Porphyrites. At the beginning of the 19th century, when Napoleonic surveys were made...
- apparent to the kingdoms of Spain. And Johannes Hevelius called it "Mons Porphyrites" after the mountains near Olbia, Egypt. A particular region of very low...
- not of feldspar. They are thus distinguished from the porphyries and porphyrites in which the feldspar has crystallized in two generations. They are essentially...
- Eastern Desert with Particular Reference to Mons Claudi**** and Mons Porphyrites", in Mattingly, David J.; Salmon, John (eds.), Economies Beyond Agriculture...
- the only porphyry quarry worked in the ancient world is in Egypt. Mons Porphyrites was quarried to supply the rare and expensive imperial porphyry for the...