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vitrophyres

vitrophyres is the plural of vitrophyre.

Meaning of vitrophyre

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

Questions about vitrophyres

What is vitrophyres the plural of?
Vitrophyres is the plural of vitrophyre.

Words near vitrophyres in the dictionary

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

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