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granophyre

[gran-uh-fahyuh r]
noun
  1. a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
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Origin of granophyre

First recorded in 1880–85; grano- + -phyre
Related formsgran·o·phy·ric [gran-uh-fir-ik] /ˌgræn əˈfɪr ɪk/, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • Still later, dolerite sills and sheets and dikes of granophyre and quartz felsite followed in the same region.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6

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  • This is the essential distinction between a granite and a quartz-porphyry or a granophyre.

British Dictionary definitions for granophyre

granophyre

noun
  1. a fine-grained granitic rock in which irregular crystals of intergrown quartz and feldspar are embedded in a groundmass of these minerals
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Derived Formsgranophyric (ˌɡrænəʊˈfɪrɪk), adjective

Word Origin

C19: from gran (ite) + -phyre after porphyry
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granophyre in Science

granophyre

[grăn′ə-fīr′]
  1. A fine-grained igneous rock that has large intergrown crystals of quartz and feldspar in the matrix.
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