porphyrite

English

Noun

porphyrite (plural porphyrites)

1. Any porphyritic rock.

   augite porphyrite

Translations

rock with a porphyritic structure

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 玢岩 (ban¹ ngaam⁴)

  Mandarin: 玢岩 (zh) (bīnyán)

• Finnish: porfyriitti
• French: porphyrite (fr) f
• Japanese: 玢岩 (ひんがん, hingan)
• Russian: порфирит (ru) m (porfirit)

References

• “porphyrite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.