melaphyre
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- melaphyric adjective
Etymology
Origin of melaphyre
C19: via French from Greek melas black + ( por ) phura purple
Example Sentences
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The Rowley Hills in Staffordshire, commonly known as Rowley Ragstone, are melaphyre.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
In the older rocks, basalt has often undergone decomposition into melaphyre; and amongst the metamorphic rocks it has been changed into diorite or hornblende rock; the augite having been converted into hornblende.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
Apophyllite is a mineral of secondary origin, commonly occurring, in association with other zeolites, in amygdaloidal cavities in basalt and melaphyre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Below this were found chipped flints, an adze of melaphyre, and a layer of boulders, sand, and clay, brought down by the ice from the higher valley.
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Beaumont, Elie de, on the uplifting of mountain chains, 51, 300; influence of the rocks of melaphyre and serpentine, on pendulum experiments, 167; conjectures on the quartz strata of the Col de la Poissoniere, 266.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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