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Ophite

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Ophite or Ophitic may refer to:

  • Ophites, an ancient Gnostic sect in Syria and Egypt
  • Ophite, originally according to Pliny the Elder for a greenish spotted rock, now a type of stone with a characteristic texture of certain dolerites after an occurrence in the Pyrenees
  • Ophitic, a type of poikilitic texture in igneous rocks