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Eclogite

Ec′lo-gite

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Noun.
[See
Ecloque
.]
(Min.)
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; – so called in reference to its beauty.

Definition 2024


eclogite

eclogite

English

Noun

eclogite (plural eclogites)

  1. (petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 101:
      Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino.

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