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porphyry
noun
(por-phy-ry)
a rock consisting of feldspar crystals embedded in a compact dark red or purple groundmass
porphyry
noun
(por-phy-ry)
an igneous rock of porphyritic texture
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porphyritic rock
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syenite
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granodiorite
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diorite
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monzonite
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rhyolite
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dacite
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felsite
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granite
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augitic
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felspar
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quartziferous
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mineralization
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breccia
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stockwork
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pegmatite
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gabbro
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sulphide
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kimberlite
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gneiss
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diabase
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batholith
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sedimentary
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lamprophyre
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igneous
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quartzite
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biotite
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hornblende
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norite
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pluton
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peridotite
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pyrite
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unconformity
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hornfels
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gossan
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stratigraphy
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footwall
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silicification
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schists
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manto
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supergene
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stratiform
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granites
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outcrops
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bornite
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diamondiferous
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lineament
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sulfide
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pyroxenite
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adularia
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anomalism
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alkalic
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sericite
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ultrabasic
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amphibolite
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haematite
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greywacke
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metallogenic
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limestones
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palaeozoic
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lithology
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anticline
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lode
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proterozoic
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covellite
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graben
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veinlets
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phyllite
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dunite
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alluvium
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ankerite
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depositional
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eluvial
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orogenic
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schistose
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clastic
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archaean
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syncline
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