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Eclogite ( /ˈɛklədʒaɪt/) is a
metamorphic rock
containing garnet (almandine-pyrope)
hosted in a
matrix of sodium-rich
pyroxene (omphacite).
Accessory minerals...
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metamorphosed to the
blueschist facies and then the
eclogite facies.
Metamorphism to the
eclogite facies releases a
great deal of
water vapor from the...
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terranes of
lithology in
faulted contact with
greenschist or
rarely eclogite facies rocks. Blueschist, as a rock type, is
defined by the
presence of...
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green or
nearly colorless variety of clinopyroxene. It
normally appears in
eclogite,
which is the high-pressure
metamorphic rock of basalt.
Omphacite is the...
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where diamonds form, such as
extreme melt
depletion or high
pressures in
eclogites. However,
indicator minerals can be misleading; a
better approach is geothermobarometry...
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aragonite The
eclogite facies is the
facies at the
highest pressure and high temperature. It is
named for the
metabasic rock
eclogite. The
eclogite facies has...
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metamorphic rocks. In
metamorphic rocks,
coesite was
initially described in
eclogite xenoliths from the
mantle of the
Earth that were
carried up by ascending...
- of arc volcanism. They are
typified by the
occurrence of
blueschist to
eclogite facies metamorphic zones,
indicating high-P/low-T
metamorphism at low thermal...
- is the
tectonic process in
which the high-pressure,
metamorphic facies,
eclogite (a very
dense rock), is formed. This
leads to an
increase in the density...
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metamorphic path
through the zeolite, prehnite-pumpellyite, blueschist, and
eclogite facies stability zones of
subducted oceanic crust.
Zeolite and prehnite-pumpellyite...
