__NOTOC__ Porphyry (; el, Πορφύριος, links=no, ''Porphyrios'' "purple-clad") may refer to: *

Porphyry (geology) Porphyry ( ) is a textural term for an igneous rock consisting of coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained silicate-rich, generally aphanitic matrix or groundmass. The larger crystals are called pheno ...

, 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 a ...

, 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 *

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", originally published as "Porphyria", a poem by Robert Browning * Porphyrian tree, classic device for illustrating hierarchy and ontology *

Porphyria Porphyria is a group of liver disorders in which substances called porphyrins build up in the body, negatively affecting the skin or nervous system. The types that affect the nervous system are also known as acute porphyria, as symptoms are ra ...

, a disease *

Porphyrin Porphyrins ( ) are a group of heterocyclic macrocycle organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (=CH−). The parent of porphyrin is porphine, a rare chemical ...

s, a group of organic compounds

Places

* 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 P ...

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, Australia

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Porphyra ''Porphyra'' is a genus of coldwater seaweeds that grow in cold, shallow seawater. More specifically, it belongs to red algae phylum of laver species (from which comes laverbread), comprising approximately 70 species.Brodie, J.A. and Irvine ...

'', a foliose red algal genus of laver * ''

Oliva porphyria ''Oliva porphyria'', common name the tent olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gast ...

'', a species of sea snail * 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) Porphyrios ( Greek: Πορφύριος) was a large whale that harassed and sank ships in the waters near Constantinople in the sixth century. Active over a period of over fifty years, Porphyrios caused great concern for Byzantine seafarers and ...

, 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 (or "Saint Porphyrius", 347–420), Bishop of Gaza *

Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch Porfirije ( sr-Cyrl, Порфирије, en, Porphyrius; born Prvoslav Perić; born 22 July 1961) is the current and 46th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was the metropolitan bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana, from 2014 to 2021. Bef ...

(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, Roman charioteer in the 5th and 6th centuries AD * Demetri Porphyrios, greek new classical architect, founder of Porphyrios Associates * Porphyrios Dikaios, greek cypriot archaeologist * Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia, 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 ...

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 " canoni ...

saint * Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (), Latin poet

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