Usually means: Granite with a porphyritic texture.
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  2. porphyroid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. porphyroid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  (mineralogy) A crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.

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porphyrite, porphyry, feldsparphyre, porphyre, keratophyre, orthophyre, porphyrogene, pegmatoid, felspathoid, poikiloblast, more...

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porphyrite, porphyry, feldsparphyre, porphyre, keratophyre, orthophyre, porphyrogene, pegmatoid, felspathoid, poikiloblast, more...



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