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eclogite
[ ek-luh-jahyt ]
noun
- a rock consisting of a granular aggregate of green pyroxene and red garnet, often containing kyanite, silvery mica, quartz, and pyrite.
eclogite
/ ˈɛkləˌdʒaɪt /
noun
- a rare coarse-grained basic rock consisting principally of garnet and pyroxene. Quartz, feldspar, etc, may also be present. It is thought to originate by metamorphism or igneous crystallization at extremely high pressure
eclogite
/ ĕk′lə-jīt′ /
- A greenish, coarse-grained metamorphic rock consisting of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with large red garnet inclusions. Eclogites form under conditions of high pressure and moderate to high temperatures.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eclogite1
C19: from Greek eklogē a selection
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Example Sentences
In another eclogite boulder, diamond was found partly embedded in pyrope.
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In the Newlands boulder the diamonds have the appearance of being an original constituent of the eclogite.
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On the other hand many tons of the somewhat similar eclogite in the De Beers mine have been crushed and have not yielded diamond.
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Some regard the eclogite boulders as derived from deep-seated crystalline rocks, others as concretions in the blue ground.
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With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.
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