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Porphyry

Igneous Rocks

Porphyry is any of various granites or igneous rocks with coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained, generally aphanitic matrix or groundmass. The name describes a texture, large crystals set in a finer background, rather than one fixed composition. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Kind
Rock 1
Formation Class
Igneous, porphyritic texture (coarse phenocrysts set in a fine-grained groundmass, a textural rather than compositional term) 1
Classification
Classification
Igneous Rock 1
Connections

Classified As

Igneous Rocks, Subcategories

In Discipline

Geology, Disciplines
Sources
1. Porphyry (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained silicate-rich, generally aphanitic matrix or groundmass.
  • Lead section
    Porphyry ( POR-fÉ™-ree) is any of various granites or igneous rocks with coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained silicate-rich, generally aphanitic matrix or groundmass.
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Wikidata: Porphyry
Wikidata Q337238
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