porphyries
- plural of porphyry.
Example Sentences
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The Saxon granulites are apparently for the most part igneous and correspond in composition to granites and porphyries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
In those days the rocks which are now the very bones and sinews of our mother Earth—her granites, her porphyries, her basalts, her syenites—were melted into a liquid mass.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton
It was at this epoch that the rocks called feldspars, syenites, and porphyries appeared.
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
The grayer granites may often be used with good effect, as well as the coarse porphyries, when the gray is to be particularly warm.
From The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character by Ruskin, John
Against its nucleus of very ancient granites and porphyries the Ozark series of magnesian limestone was laid down.
From Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills by Owen, Luella Agnes
