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English
Etymology
French, from Ancient Greek, meaning "black porphyry".
Noun
melaphyre (countable and uncountable, plural melaphyres)
- (obsolete) Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age
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