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  2. Porphyry (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Thus porphyry was prized for monuments and building projects in Imperial Rome and thereafter. Subsequently, the name was given to any igneous rocks with large crystals. The adjective porphyritic now refers to a certain texture of igneous rock regardless of its chemical and mineralogical composition or its color. Its chief characteristic is a ...

  3. Porphyritic - Wikipedia

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    Purple was the color of royalty, and the "imperial porphyry" was a deep purple igneous rock with large crystals of plagioclase, prized for monuments and building projects due to its hardness. Subsequently, the name was adapted to describe any igneous rocks with a similar texture. [4]

  4. Porphyry - Wikipedia

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    Porphyry (geology), an igneous rock with large crystals in a fine-grained matrix, often purple, and prestigious Roman sculpture material; Shoksha porphyry, quartzite of purple color resembling true porphyry mined near the village of Shoksha, Karelia, Russia; Porphyritic, the general igneous texture of a rock with two distinct crystal ...

  5. Felsite - Wikipedia

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    Color is generally white through light gray, or red to tan and may include any color except dark gray, green or black (the colors of trap rock). [1] The mass of the rock consists of a fine-grained matrix of felsic materials, particularly quartz , plagioclase and potassium feldspar , [ 2 ] and may be termed a quartz felsite or quartz porphyry if ...

  6. Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs - Wikipedia

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    Porphyry sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeological Museum Porphyry as a material choice was a bold and specific statement for late Imperial Rome. The comparative vividness of porphyry to other stones underscored that these figures were not regular citizens, but many levels above, even reaching to the status of gods, and worthy of the respect they ...

  7. Suger's Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The color of red porphyry resembled this color enough to gain popularity amongst the royals, serving as a way to show status and power through design. This may have had influence on why red pophyry was included in Suger's Eagle, as the vase was made to be worthy of God. [21] Red porphyry is still most commonly associated with, and found in Rome.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    In another class, he filled out a worksheet asking him to identify his favorite color and other favorite things that might help him relate to other addicts. Despite the story the records tell of Patrick’s generally happy disposition and his willingness to role-play his way to sobriety, he still hadn’t shed the self-doubt he had carried with ...

  9. Llanite - Wikipedia

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    Llanite is a porphyritic rhyolite with distinctive phenocrysts of blue quartz (a rare quartz color) and perthitic feldspar (light grayish-orangeish). The brown, fine-grained groundmass consists of very small quartz, feldspar, and biotite mica crystals.