élan
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In its heart were tar barrels and the monster bred heat enough to remind the granite beneath it of those fires that first moulded its elvan ingredients to a concrete whole and hurled them hither.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
The Roborough stone, used from an early period in Devonshire churches, is found near Tavistock, and is a hard, porphyritic elvan, taking a fine polish.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Sometimes the veins and dykes which proceed from or occur near a mass of granite contain no mica—this kind of rock is called elvan or elvanite.
From Geology by Geikie, James
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