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granophyre
[ gran-uh-fahyuhr ]
/ ˈgræn əˌfaɪər /
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noun
a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
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OTHER WORDS FROM granophyre
gran·o·phy·ric [gran-uh-fir-ik], /ˌgræn əˈfɪr ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby granophyre
granny woman, grano-, granodiorite, granola, granolith, granophyre, Gran Paradiso, grant, Granta, granted, grantee
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How to use granophyre in a sentence
This is the essential distinction between a granite and a quartz-porphyry or a granophyre.
Volcanoes: Past and Present|Edward HullStill later, dolerite sills and sheets and dikes of granophyre and quartz felsite followed in the same region.
British Dictionary definitions for granophyre
granophyre
/ (ˈɡrænəʊˌfaɪə) /
noun
a fine-grained granitic rock in which irregular crystals of intergrown quartz and feldspar are embedded in a groundmass of these minerals
Derived forms of granophyre
granophyric (ˌɡrænəʊˈfɪrɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for granophyre
C19: from gran (ite) + -phyre after porphyry
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Scientific definitions for granophyre
granophyre
[ grăn′ə-fīr′ ]
A fine-grained igneous rock that has large intergrown crystals of quartz and feldspar in the matrix.
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