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porphyry [Brit ˈpɔːfɪri, Am ˈpɔrfəri] N

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The deposit is a large copper-gold porphyry deposit. en.wikipedia.org

The "mihrab" is made of veined white marble, red porphyry and green diorite. en.wikipedia.org

The world's major copper deposits are formed within the granitic porphyry copper style. en.wikipedia.org

This is marked by a square porphyry slab in the floor. en.wikipedia.org

It is made from quartz porphyry and has been a geological natural monument since 1939. en.wikipedia.org

The quarry also features a very thick intrusion of porphyry. en.wikipedia.org

The faade is covered with marble, strips of porphyry and verd antique. en.wikipedia.org

They created beautiful marble floors with mosacis, often with inlays of green and red porphyry. en.wikipedia.org

Porphyry also wrote widely on astrology, religion, philosophy, and musical theory. en.wikipedia.org

On the statue's base, which is made out of black porphyry, one finds 42 bronze tablets on which the names of fallen officers are inscribed. en.wikipedia.org

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