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bird's-eye porphyry
A name given by prospectors and miners to a fine-grained igneous rock having small phenocrysts, particularly if they are quartz, from a fancied resemblance to birds' eyes.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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