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Porphyry
Porphyry
(
Greek
Πορφύριος "purple-clad") may refer to:
Saint
Porphyry of Gaza
, bishop of
Gaza
ca. 347–
420
.
Porphyry of Tyros
(c.
233
–c.
305
), a
Neoplatonic
philosopher.
Porphyry
, a very hard red, green or purple igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix (groundmass).
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