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vitrophyre

/ˈvɪtɹəfaɪə(ɹ)/

vitrophyre noun: a porphyritic variety of volcanic glass.

Noun

vitrophyre (countable and uncountable, plural vitrophyres)

  1. A 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

Forms of vitrophyre

pluralvitrophyres

Words formed from vitrophyre

Questions about vitrophyre

What does vitrophyre mean?
Vitrophyre means a porphyritic variety of volcanic glass.
What part of speech is vitrophyre?
Vitrophyre is a noun.
How do you pronounce vitrophyre?
Vitrophyre is pronounced /ˈvɪtɹəfaɪə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of vitrophyre?
The plural of vitrophyre is vitrophyres.

Words near vitrophyre in the dictionary

  1. vitroclastic
  2. Vitrolite
  3. vitronectin
  4. vitronectins
  5. vitrons
  6. vitrophyre
  7. vitrophyres
  8. vitrophyric
  9. vitroplant
  10. vitroplants
  11. vitroretinal

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