porphyry in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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While the mineralogy of the rock is altered throughout, texture is preserved and primary porphyry structure (including position of original veins) may still be visible.
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On its erection, the column was 50 meters tall, constructed of several cylindrical porphyry blocks.
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They created beautiful marble floors with mosacis, often with inlays of green and red porphyry.
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The exact number of porphyry blocks is disputed, but common figures range from seven up to as many as eleven.
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The property is made up of cretaceous limestone tertiary diorite porphyry.
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This is marked by a square porphyry slab in the floor.
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Porphyry also wrote widely on astrology, religion, philosophy, and musical theory.
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An igneous rock with larger, clearly discernible crystals embedded in a finer-grained matrix is termed porphyry.
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The quarry also features a very thick intrusion of porphyry.
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It is a porphyry copper with an extensive capping of leachable oxide and sulphide mineralisation.
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