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Definition of Porphyry

Porphyry
Porphyry Por"phy*ry, n.; pl. Porphyries. [F. porphyre, L. porphyrites, fr. Gr. ? like purple, fr. ? purple. See Purple.] (Geol.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. Porphyry shell (Zo["o]l.), a handsome marine gastropod shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry.

Meaning of Porphyry from wikipedia

- Look up porphyry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Gr****: Πορφύριος, Porphyrios "purple-clad") may refer to: Porphyry (geology)...
- Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfəri/ POR-fə-ree) is any of various granites or igneous rocks with co****-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dis****d in a fine-grained...
- Porphyry of Tyre (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Koinē Gr****: Πορφύριος, romanized: Porphýrios; c. 234 – c. AD 305) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia...
- Kiruna porphyry (Swedish: Kirunaporfyr) is a group of igneous rocks found near Kiruna in northernmost Sweden. The Kiruna Porphyry formed 1,880 to 1,900...
- Porphyry copper deposits are copper ore bodies that are formed from hydrothermal fluids that originate from a voluminous magma chamber several kilometers...
- (particularly the theory of categories), the Porphyrian tree or Tree of Porphyry is a classic device for illustrating a "scale of being" (Latin: scala praedicamentalis)...
- The two later biographies were written by the Neoplatonist philosophers Porphyry and Iamblichus and were partially intended as polemics against the rise...
- Arvidsjaur porphyry (Swedish: Arvidsjaurporfyr) is a group of igneous rocks of intermediate to felsic composition found near Arvidsjaur in northern Sweden...
- Porphyric hemophilia may refer to: Porphyria, a group of diseases in which substances called porphyrins build up Vampirism, a term describing being a...
- distinct periods in the history of neoplatonism: the work of his student Porphyry (third to early fourth century); that of Iamblichus (third to fourth century);...