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Porphyritic texture in diabase or dolerite rock
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What Is Porphyritic Texture in Rocks and How Does It Form

Pyric (US) or porphyritic texture is an igneous rock texture with two distinctive crystal sizes, i.e., bimodal crystal sizes. One

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Quartz porphyry rock
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Porphyry In Geology and Rock Examples?

A porphyry (plural porphyries) is an igneous rock with large, well-formed mineral grains set in a finer-grained matrix. Such rocks

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Porphyritic andesite
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Porphyritic Andesite Rock Composition and Formation  

Porphyritic andesite rocks have large, well-formed crystals or phenocrysts of mostly plagioclase and, less often, hornblende and pyroxene. Less common

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A highly porphyritic rhyolite rock
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Porphyritic Rhyolite Composition and Uses

Porphyritic rhyolite has large, well-formed crystals, mostly alkali feldspar, plagioclase, quartz, and less often hornblende, pyroxene, or mica in a

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Porphyritic basalt rock
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Porphyritic Basalt Composition and Uses

Porphyritic basalt rocks have large, well-formed grains of calcic plagioclase, augite, olivine, and sometimes hornblende in fine-grained dark-gray to black

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Porphyritic granite rock
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Porphyritic Granite Composition and Uses  

Porphyritic granite has large, well-formed white or pink alkali feldspar and sometimes quartz, biotite, or plagioclase in a finer but

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Porphyritic gabbro rock
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Porphyritic Gabbro Formation and Uses

Porphyritic gabbro has large, well-formed crystals of mostly calcic-plagioclase and sometimes augite, rarely olivine or other mafic minerals set in

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Porphyritic diorite
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Porphyritic Diorite Rock Formation and Uses

Porphyritic diorite rocks have large, well-formed mineral grains of feldspar and sometimes hornblende, pyroxene, or biotite set in a finer-grained

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Porphyritic trachyte rock
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Porphyritic Trachyte Composition and Formation

Porphyritic trachyte rocks have large, well-formed sanidine, plagioclase, and sometimes amphibole, biotite, or pyroxene crystals in a fine-grained matrix. The

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Porphyritic phonolite with vesicles
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Porphyritic Phonolite Formation and Uses

Porphyritic phonolite or phonolite porphyry has well-formed, large leucite, nepheline, and alkali feldspar crystals in a fine-grained matrix. The larger

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