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Definition of Melaphyre
1. n. Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
Definition of Melaphyre
1. Noun. (minerology) Any of several dark augitic eruptive rocks allied to basalt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melaphyre
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Medical Definition of Melaphyre
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Melaphyre
Literary usage of Melaphyre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Geology: Practical and Theoretical by John Phillips (1855)
"For between the dolomite and melaphyre of the peninsula of Lugano, mica schist
and another kind of porphyry intervene; and on Monte Argentera, the limestone ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Ia Middle.—Red-clays, shales, and fine shaly sandstones, with bands of
quartz-conglomerate and earthy limestone. melaphyre and ..."
3. Report of the State Board of Geological Survey by Michigan Geological Survey, Alfred Church Lane (1907)
"Amygdaloidal melaphyre exposed for 80 feet at the bottom. xix. (144). ...
The melaphyre flows from 126 to 159, inclusive, are practically all alike. ..."
4. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"On the contrary, like the constituents of the accompanying zeolites, they seem
to have been leached out of the melaphyre itself, in which they may have ..."
5. Upper Peninsula, 1893-1897 by Michigan Geological Survey (1898)
"This it would be very convenient to do from a systematic point of view, but the
original mineral is certainly more often olivine. .Moreover, this melaphyre ..."
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