eclogite
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”), + -ite.
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[edit]eclogite (countable and uncountable, plural eclogites)
- (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, published 2011, page 101:
- Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino.