• (n.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
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Mel'a·phyre noun [ French, from Greek
me`las ,
-anos , black + por
phyre porphyry.]
(Min.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
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Melaphyre is a compact black or blackish-grey igneous rock, consisting of a matrix of labradorite and augite, in which are embedded crystals of the same minerals, and sometimes uniaxial mica, hornblende, and iron pyrites. It is essentially a basalt.
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