an igneous rock similar to granite in composition and appearance, but containing larger crystals of quartz and feldspar in a matrix of a finer grain
Origin of granophyre
German granophyr, arbitrary blend from granit, granite + porphyr, porphyrygranophyre
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granophyre
noun
A fine-grained granite porphyry having a groundmass with irregular intergrowths of quartz and feldspar.
Origin of granophyre
German Granophyr grano- grano- (Por)phyr porphyry ( from Medieval Latin porphyrium ; see porphyry . )Related Forms:
- gran′o·phyr′ic
adjective
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A fine-grained igneous rock that has large intergrown crystals of quartz and feldspar in the matrix.
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