melaphyre
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- melaphyric adjective
Etymology
Origin of melaphyre
C19: via French from Greek melas black + ( por ) phura purple
Example Sentences
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In early years as ing�nieur des mines he investigated and described various new minerals; he proceeded afterwards to the study of rocks, devising new methods for their determination, and giving particular descriptions of melaphyre, arkose, porphyry, syenite, &c.
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Apophyllite is a mineral of secondary origin, commonly occurring, in association with other zeolites, in amygdaloidal cavities in basalt and melaphyre.
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In China, at the close of the period, there were enormous eruptions of melaphyre, porphyrite and quartz-porphyry.
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The rocks consist chiefly of basalt, dolerite, melaphyre and felstone.
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In the older rocks, basalt has often undergone decomposition into melaphyre; and amongst the metamorphic rocks it has been changed into diorite or hornblende rock; the augite having been converted into hornblende.
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