Porphyry

Porphyry (Πορφύριος, Porphyrios "purple-clad") may refer to:

Geology

 * 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