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porphyrite
▪ I. porphyrite, n.1 (ˈpɔːfɪraɪt) Also 6 -phirite, 7 -phyrit, -pherite. [ad. L. porphyrītēs a purple-coloured precious stone in Egypt (Pliny), ad. Gr. πορϕυρίτης adj. like purple, π. λίθος stone of this colour, porphyry, f. πόρϕυρ-ος purple: see porphyr- and -ite1 b. So mod.F. porphyrite, in sense 2... Oxford English Dictionary
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Troullos
stunning photograph of this piece is available in Sakellarakis' guidebook to Archanes) Marble pestles Ritual steatite axe Stone bird's nest vases Porphyrite wikipedia.org
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porphyritic
porphyritic, a. (pɔːfɪˈrɪtɪk) Also 7 -etick. [ad. med.L. porphyrīticus, f. L. porphyrītēs porphyrite; so F. porphyritique. The classical L. was porphyreticus.] Of or pertaining to the porphyry of the ancients; of the nature or structure of the porphyry of modern mineralogists; spec. containing disti... Oxford English Dictionary
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Archanes
A variety of porphyrite stone lamps, vases, amphorae, cooking pots, cups, lamps, tools and every-day domestic items such as tweezers have been unearthed wikipedia.org
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tuffite
tuffite, n. Geol. (ˈtʌfaɪt) [ad. G. Tuffit (O. Mügge 1893, in Neues Jahrb. f. Min. VIII. 708): see tuff n., -ite1.] Any composite rock which consists of a mixture of pyroclastic and sedimentary material, esp. one in which pyroclasts predominate.1925 Mineral Abstr. II. 397 Around Borzhom in Georgia, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Aldein
The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamlets on a gules background as the mountain of porphyrite wikipedia.org
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mylonite
mylonite Geol. (ˈmaɪlənaɪt) [f. Gr. µυλών mill + -ite.] A siliceous schist resulting from the crushing of quartzose rocks. Hence myloˈnitic a., ˈmylonized ppl. a., applied to such rocks; ˌmylonitiˈzation, myloniˈzation, the formation of mylonite; ˈmylonitize v. trans., to convert into mylonite; ˈmyl... Oxford English Dictionary
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trachyte
trachyte Geol. and Min. (ˈtreɪkaɪt, ˈtrækaɪt) [a. F. trachyte (Haüy); f. Gr. τρᾱχύς rough, or perh. τραχύτης roughness.] A group of volcanic rocks, having a characteristically rough or gritty surface. The name was given by Haüy to certain volcanic rocks from Auvergne, and at first used in a wide sen... Oxford English Dictionary
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Kuribrong River
The geological make up of the river is schistose quartz-porphyrite and sericite schist, and quartz boulders making up any major river obstruction. wikipedia.org
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Vinga (Gothenburg)
Geology The bedrock of Vinga is mostly made up of porphyrite (porfyrit), a volcanic rock with less Silicon dioxide, SiO2, than porphyry. wikipedia.org
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microdiorite
microdiorite Petrol. (maɪkrəʊˈdaɪəraɪt) [f. micro- + diorite.] (See quots. 1920, 1961.)1920 A. Holmes Nomencl. Petrol. 157 Micro-, a prefix commonly added—..(2) to the names of phanerocrystalline rocks to indicate a microcrystalline rock or ground-mass of corresponding mineral composition and textur... Oxford English Dictionary
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St Peter and Paul's Old Cathedral
The green porphyrite used in the former cathedral was quarried south east of Goulburn. The former cathedral is a not rare although the use of green porphyrite stone as a building material is unusual. wikipedia.org
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(PDF) Discovery of late Early Cretaceous diorite ... - ResearchGate
Jan 1, 2022PDF | On Jan 1, 2022, LI FaQiao and others published Discovery of late Early Cretaceous diorite porphyrite from the Shamuluo Formation in the Gaize area, Tibet: Response to the northward ...
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玢 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Sep 5, 2023Translingual: ·(literary) a kind of jade· Used in 玢豳.· porphyrite·This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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diabase
diabase Min. (ˈdaɪəbeɪs) [a. F. diabase, erroneously formed, since (according to Littré) it was meant to signify ‘rock with two bases’ (for which dibase would have been a proper form), and subsequently abandoned by its author, Brongniart, for Haüy's name diorite; but in 1842 re-introduced by Hausman... Oxford English Dictionary
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