melaphyre
a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
Other words from melaphyre
- mel·a·phyr·ic [mel-uh-fir-ik], /ˌmɛl əˈfɪr ɪk/, adjective
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How to use melaphyre in a sentence
In China, at the close of the period, there were enormous eruptions of melaphyre, porphyrite and quartz-porphyry.
melaphyre is a name given to the very dark varieties of altered augitic lavas, rich in magnetite and chlorite.
Volcanoes: Past and Present | Edward HullThe rocks consist chiefly of basalt, dolerite, melaphyre and felstone.
Volcanoes: Past and Present | Edward Hull
British Dictionary definitions for melaphyre
/ (ˈmɛləˌfaɪə) /
geology obsolete a type of weathered amygdaloidal basalt or andesite
Origin of melaphyre
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