Porphyry

• Porphyry (geology), an igneous rock with large crystals in a fine-grained matrix, often purple, and prestigious Roman sculpture material • Shoksha porphyry, quartzite of purple color resembling true porphyry mined near the village of Shoksha, Karelia, Russia • 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 == Places ==

• Mons Porphyrites, the only porphyry quarry worked in the ancient world for the emperor's building works and statuary • Porphyry Island, in Lake Superior, Canada • Porphyry Mountain in Alaska, United States • Porphyry, a system of astrological house division • Porphyry, a vineyard near Seaham, New South Wales, Australia == Animals and plants ==

• Porphyra, a foliose red algal genus of laver • Oliva porphyria, a species of sea snail • Porphyrio, the swamphens, a genus of birds in the rail family • Porphyrios (whale), a 6th-century whale == People and characters ==

• Porphyrion, a giant in Greek mythology • Pomponius Porphyrion (fl. 2nd or 3rd century), Latin grammarian • Porphyry (philosopher) (234–305), Neoplatonic philosopher • Porphyrios of Philippi (fl. early 4th century), bishop of the Metropolis of Philippi, Neapolis and Thasos • Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (), Latin poet • Porphyry of Gaza, or Saint Porphyrius (347–420), Bishop of Gaza • Porphyrius the Charioteer (fl. 5th/6th centuries), Roman charioteer • Porphyrios Dikaios (1904–1971), Greek Cypriot archaeologist • Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia (1906–1991), Greek Athonite hieromonk and Eastern Orthodox saint • Demetri Porphyrios (born 1949), Greek architect • Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (born 1961), 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church == See also ==