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Porphyry vs Porphyrically - What's the difference?

porphyry | porphyrically |

As a noun porphyry

is a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix.

As an adverb porphyrically is

in a porphyric way; pertaining to porphyry.

porphyry

English

Noun

  • (geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix
  • # A purple-red rock of this kind.
  • #*

    • Derived terms

    * porphyry shell

    porphyrically

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a porphyric way; pertaining to porphyry.