单词 | granophyre |
释义 | granophyren. Geology. (See quot. 1882.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > porphyrite rock > subdivision melaphyre1824 orthophyre1869 granophyre1882 vitrophyre1882 granite-porphyry1885 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. ii. iii. 90 Vogelsang has proposed to classify this type [Porphyritic] in three divisions: 1st, Granophyre, where the ground-mass is a microscopic crystalline mixture of the component minerals, with a sparing development of an imperfectly individualized magma; 2nd, Felsophyre,..; 3rd, Vitrophyre. 1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) ii. ii. vii. 140 Granophyre (Granite-porphyry)—a rock composed of a compact, but thoroughly crystalline (microgranitic) base, through which are porphyritically dispersed crystals of felspar, mica, and quartz (often doubly terminated). 1894 Naturalist Mag. 298/16 Buttermere granophyres, Yewdale breccias [etc.]. 1897 A. Geikie Anc. Volcanoes Brit. I. 17 The protrusion of the gabbros and granophyres which mark later stages of the same continuous volcanic history. Derivatives granoˈphyric adj. composed of granophyre. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > porphyry > subdivision vitrophyric1890 orthophyric1895 granophyric1897 1897 A. Geikie Anc. Volcanoes Brit. I. 20 The felsitic and granophyric dykes of Skye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1882 |
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