Porphyry

Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Greek: Πορφύριος, Porphyrios "purple-clad") may refer to:

• Porphyry (geology), an igneous rock with large crystals in a fine-grained matrix and important Roman building material
• Porphyritic, the general igneous texture of a rock with two distinct crystal (phenocryst) sizes
• Porphyry copper deposit, a primary (low grade) ore deposit of copper, consisting of porphyry rocks
• Porphyry Island in Lake Superior
• Porphyry Mountain in Alaska
• Porphyry (philosopher) (234–305), Neoplatonic philosopher
• Porphyry of Gaza (or "St. Porphyry of Gaza", 347–420), Bishop of Gaza
• Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1961), 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Porphyry, a system of astrological house division
• Porphyry, a vineyard near Seaham, New South Wales

See also

• Mons Porphyrites, the only porphyry quarry worked in the ancient world for the emperor's building works and statuary
• Oliva porphyria, a species of sea snail
• Porfirio (disambiguation), various uses, including a Spanish surname
• Porfiry, a Russian given name
• Porphyra, a foliose red algal genus of laver
• "Porphyria's Lover", originally published as "Porphyria", a poem by Robert Browning
• Porphyria, a disease
• Porphyrian tree, classic device for illustrating hierarchy and ontology
• Porphyrins, a group of organic compounds
• Porphyrio, also known as Pomponius Porphyrion, a Latin grammarian, fl. 2nd or 3rd century
• Porphyrio, the swamphens, a genus of birds in the rail family
• Porphyrion, a giant in Greek mythology
• Porphyrius the Charioteer, Roman charioteer in the 5th and 6th centuries AD
• Porphyrios, a 6th-century whale
• Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (fl. 4th century), Latin poet
• Tyrian purple or Porphyra, a purple-red natural dye
• Article titles containing the text "Porphyr"