| NOUN | substance | porphyritic rock, porphyry | any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals |
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| Meaning | Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals. | |
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| Synonym | porphyry | |
| Broader | igneous rock | rock formed by the solidification of molten magma |
| Substances | groundmass | (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger / larger crystals are embedded |
| Spanish | pórfido, porfirio, roca porfírica | |
| Catalan | pòrfir | |
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