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Definition of Eclogites

Eclogite
Eclogite Ec"lo*gite, n. [See Ecloque.] (Min.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

Meaning of Eclogites from wikipedia

- Coesite- and glaucophane-bearing eclogites have been found in the northwestern Himalaya. The oldest coesite-bearing eclogites are about 650 and 620 million...
- preserved by obduction onto the overriding plate as part of ophiolites. Eclogites are occasionally found at sites of continental collision, where the subducted...
- Ghiribelli, B.; Frezzotti, M.L. & Palmeri, R. (2002). "Coesite in eclogites of the Lanterman Range (Antarctica): Evidence from textural and Raman...
- is explained using a model that incorporates subduction. The lack of eclogites that date to the Archean Eon suggests that conditions at that time did...
- basaltic magmas, on the transformation of rocks from basalt to gabbro to eclogite, and on the nature of the upper mantle. In 2008, when Green was aged 72...
- crustal thickness, fabrics and metamorphic phase changes: the role of eclogites". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 76 (1): 325–343. Bibcode:1993GSLSP...
- titanium-bearing phase in most high-pressure metamorphic rocks, chiefly eclogites. Within the igneous environment, rutile is a common accessory mineral...
- Newfoundland. A few eclogites also occur in the northwest highlands of Scotland and the M****if Central of France. Glaucophane-eclogites occur in Italy and...
- where diamonds form, such as extreme melt depletion or high pressures in eclogites. However, indicator minerals can be misleading; a better approach is geothermobarometry...
- Eclogites are high-pressure (HP) to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks that are indicative of subduction zone metamorphism. The eclogites in...