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gran⋅o⋅phyre

  [gran-uh-fahyuhr]
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–noun
a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
Origin:
1880–85; grano- + -phyre

Related forms:
gran⋅o⋅phy⋅ric  [gran-uh-fir-ik] , adjective
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gran·o·phyre   (grān'ə-fīr')   
n.  A fine-grained granite porphyry having a groundmass with irregular intergrowths of quartz and feldspar.

[German Granophyr : grano-, grano- + (Por)phyr, porphyry (from Medieval Latin porphyrium; see porphyry).]
gran'o·phyr'ic (-fîr'ĭk) adj.
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granophyre   (grān'ə-fīr')  Pronunciation Key 
A fine-grained igneous rock that has large intergrown crystals of quartz and feldspar in the matrix.
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