Eclogite

//ˈɛklədʒʌɪt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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