Sentence example with the word 'porphyry'

porphyry

Definition n. any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

Last update: October 16, 2015


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Under him Avicenna read the Isagoge of Porphyry and the first propositions of Euclid.   [Please select]

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Before our palace stands a mirror, the ascent to which consists of five and twenty steps of porphyry and serpentine.   [Please select]

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The most striking feature of the interior is the forest of porphyry, jasper, and marble pillars supporting open Moorish arches.   [Please select]

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After wandering through many marble halls, he came to a huge staircase made of porphyry, leading down to a lovely garden.   [Please select]

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Let its materials be made of nothing less than porphyry, jasper, agate, lapis-lazuli, and the finest marble.   [Please select]

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Let its materials be made of nothing less than porphyry, jasper, agate, lapis lazuli, and the finest marble.   [Please select]

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He walked on, in great perplexity, till he entered a vestibule inlaid with porphyry and lapis-stone.   [Please select]

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