vitrophyre

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/ˈvɪtɹəfaɪə(ɹ)/

noun

A porphyritic variety of volcanic glass.

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Meanings

nounvitrophyre (countable and uncountable, plural vitrophyres)

plural vitrophyres

  1. countableuncountableA porphyritic variety of volcanic glass.

    The compositions of felsites and vitrophyres are similar but felsites have higher K/Na ratios than their corresponding vitrophyres.

    1986, Eric H. Christiansen, The Geology and Geochemistry of Cenozoic Topaz Rhyolites, page 5
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