porphyry (Q41779): Difference between revisions

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description / endescription / en
Not a root name, but a texturally-based name for any rock with coarse phenocrysts in a finer groundmass
Igneous rock that contains conspicuous phenocrysts in a finer grained groundmass; groundmass itself may be phaneritic or fine-grained.
Property / same as
 
Property / same as: https://w3id.org/gso/rockmaterial/porphyry / rank
 
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Revision as of 14:10, 24 October 2023

Igneous rock that contains conspicuous phenocrysts in a finer grained groundmass; groundmass itself may be phaneritic or fine-grained.
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porphyry
Igneous rock that contains conspicuous phenocrysts in a finer grained groundmass; groundmass itself may be phaneritic or fine-grained.

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