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granophyre

/gran-uh-fahyuhr/US // ˈgræn əˌfaɪər //UK // (ˈɡrænəʊˌfaɪə) //

粒状体,颗粒体,颗粒物,粒状物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.

Examples

  • This is the essential distinction between a granite and a quartz-porphyry or a granophyre.

  • Still later, dolerite sills and sheets and dikes of granophyre and quartz felsite followed in the same region.