💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Porphyrites"
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| dioritenoun | (petrology) A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene. |
| porphyrynoun | (geology) A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. |
| porphyritic | (geology) Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. |
| porphyrionoun | A swamphen. |
| pyrophyllitenoun | (mineralogy) A soft, pale aluminosilicate mineral, somewhat resembling talc. |
| pyrrhotitenoun | (mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS. |
| pyrolusitenoun | (mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese. |
| apophyllitenoun | (mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate of potassium and calcium. |
| phosphoritenoun | (mineralogy) a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite |
| anthophyllitenoun | (mineralogy) A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium. |
| pyrargyritenoun | (mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic adamantine luster, a sulfide of antimony and silver, Ag₃SbS₃, and occurs in rhombohedral crystals. |
| poritesnoun | a genus of stony coral; they are small polyp stony corals. |
| pegmatitenoun | A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica. |
| pyroxenitenoun | (geology) A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende. |
| pyritesnoun | any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest) |
| ophiolitenoun | (geology) An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island. |
| pyritenoun | (mineralogy) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS₂), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system. |
| pyroxenenoun | (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium. |
| phyllitenoun | (geology) A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites. |
| pyromorphitenoun | (mineralogy) A yellowish-green mineral, a mixed phosphate and chloride of lead with the chemical formula Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl that is sometimes mined as an ore. |
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