porphyritic rock


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Related to porphyritic rock: Porphyritic Texture, Pyroclastic rock
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Noun1.porphyritic rock - any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of mineralsporphyritic rock - any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals
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groundmass - (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded
igneous rock - rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
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The soil, in fact, was bestrewn with quartz and porphyritic rocks.
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Thus, the porphyritic rock types are the result of mineral accumulation, and the aphyric rock types are the result of mineral separation.
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These rocks are generally fine-grained non-porphyritic but porphyritic rock are also not uncommon.
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It is massive and is mainly comprised of pebbles and boulders of limestone, quartzite, porphyritic rocks, sandstone, gneiss, schist, diabase, etc.
Joints/Fractures analyses of Shinawah area, District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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