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melaphyre
mel·a·phyre M0205000 (mĕl′ə-fīr′)n. A dark igneous porphyry embedded with feldspar crystals.
[French mélaphyre : Greek melās, black + French porphyre, porphyry (from Medieval Latin porphyrium; see porphyry).]melaphyre (ˈmɛləˌfaɪə) n (Geological Science) geology obsolete a type of weathered amygdaloidal basalt or andesite[C19: via French from Greek melas black + (por)phura purple]melaphyre
melaphyre[′mel·ə‚fīr] (petrology) Altered basalt, especially of Carboniferous and Permian age. |