Eclogite
//ˈɛklədʒʌɪt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet. countable, uncountable
"Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino."
Example
More examples"Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”), + -ite.
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