__NOTOC__ Porphyry (; el, Πορφύριος, links=no, ''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 Porphyritic is an adjective used in geology to describe igneous rocks with a distinct difference in the size of mineral crystals, with the larger crystals known as phenocrysts. Both extrusive and intrusive rocks can be porphyritic, meaning all ...

, the general igneous texture of a rock with two distinct crystal (phenocryst) sizes *

Porphyry copper deposit Porphyry copper deposits are copper ore bodies that are formed from hydrothermal fluids that originate from a voluminous magma chamber several kilometers below the deposit itself. Predating or associated with those fluids are vertical dikes of ...

, a primary (low grade) ore deposit of copper, consisting of porphyry rocks *

Tyrian purple Tyrian purple ( grc, πορφύρα ''porphúra''; la, purpura), also known as Phoenician red, Phoenician purple, royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon. It is ...

or ''Porphyra'', a purple-red natural dye * "

Porphyria's Lover "Porphyria's Lover" is a poem by Robert Browning which was first published as "Porphyria" in the January 1836 issue of ''Monthly Repository''. Browning later republished it in ''Dramatic Lyrics'' (1842) paired with " Johannes Agricola in Medita ...

", originally published as "Porphyria", a poem by Robert Browning *

Porphyrian tree The Tree of Porphyry (also known as ''scala praedicamentalis'') is a classic device for illustrating what is also called a "scale of being". It was suggested—if not first, then most famously in the European philosophical tradition—by the 3rd ...

, classic device for illustrating hierarchy and ontology * Porphyria, a disease * Porphyrins, a group of organic compounds

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* Mons Porphyrites, the only porphyry quarry worked in the ancient world for the emperor's building works and statuary *

Porphyry Island Porphyry Island is an island in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is the last island in a chain stretching south west of the Black Bay Peninsula in Lake Superior. It is located about from Edward Island Provin ...

in Lake Superior, Canada *

Porphyry Mountain Porphyry Mountain is a prominent 6,375-foot (1,943 meter) mountain summit located in the Wrangell Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, immediately southeast of Kennecott, ...

in Alaska, Unites States * Porphyry, a system of astrological house division * Porphyry, a vineyard near

Seaham, New South Wales Seaham is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Williams River which flows into the Hunter River downstream from Seaham village at Raymond Terrace. It is ...

, Australia

Animals and plants

* '' Porphyra'', a foliose red algal genus of laver * '' Oliva porphyria'', a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

* Porphyrio, the

swamphens ''Porphyrio'' is the swamphen or swamp hen bird genus in the rail family. It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes separated as genus ''Porphyrula'' or united with the gallinules pro ...

, a genus of birds in the rail family * Porphyrios (whale), a 6th-century whale

People

Porphyry (philosopher) Porphyry of Tyre (; grc-gre, Πορφύριος, ''Porphýrios''; ar, فُرْفُورِيُوس, ''Furfūriyūs''; – ) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule. He edited and published ''The Enneads'', ...

(234–305), Neoplatonic philosopher *

Porphyry of Gaza Saint Porphyrius ( la, Porphyrius; grc-gre, Πορφύριος, ''Porphyrios''; Slavonic: Порфирий, ''Porfiriy''; –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his ''Life'', for Christianizing the recalcitrant p ...

(or "Saint Porphyrius", 347–420), Bishop of Gaza * Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1961), 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church * Porphyrio, also known as Pomponius Porphyrion, a Latin grammarian, fl. 2nd or 3rd century * Porphyrion, a giant in Greek mythology *

Porphyrius the Charioteer Porphyrius the Charioteer ( Greek: Πορφύριος), (also known as Calliopas) was a celebrity Byzantine-Roman charioteer in the late 5th and early 6th centuries of Imperial Rome's Christian era, during what Alan Cameron describes as the "Golde ...

, Roman charioteer in the 5th and 6th centuries AD * Demetri Porphyrios, greek new classical architect, founder of Porphyrios Associates *

Porphyrios Dikaios Porphyrios Dikaios (Greek: Πορφύριος Δίκαιος) FSA (16 August 190423 August 1971) was a Greek Cypriot archaeologist born in Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romani ...

, greek cypriot archaeologist *

Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kafsokalyvite ( el, Όσιος Πορφύριος ο Καυσοκαλυβίτης; secular name: Evangelos Bairaktaris ( el, Ευάγγελος Μπαϊρακτάρης; February7,1906December2,1991) was a Greek ...

, greek athonite

hieromonk A hieromonk ( el, Ἱερομόναχος, Ieromonachos; ka, მღვდელმონაზონი, tr; Slavonic: ''Ieromonakh'', ro, Ieromonah), also called a priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church and E ...

and

eastern orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius Publilius Optatianus PorfyriusT.D. Barnes, "Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius", ''AJP'', 96 (1975), 173-186, (fl. 4th century) was a Latin poet, possibly a native of Africa. Porfyrius has been identified with Publilius Optatianus, who was praefectus ...

(), Latin poet

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