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melaphyre

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mel⋅a⋅phyre

  [mel-uh-fahyuhr]
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–noun Petrology.
a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
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mel⋅a⋅phyr⋅ic [mel-uh-fir-ik] adjective
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mel·a·phyre   (měl'ə-fīr')   
n.  A dark igneous porphyry embedded with feldspar crystals.

[French mélaphyre : Greek melās, black + French porphyre, porphyry (from Medieval Latin porphyrium; see porphyry).]
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