eclogiten.
/ˈɛklədʒʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A metamorphic rock, consisting of granular garnet and hornblende, with grass-green smaragdite (Dana Man. Geol. (1880) 74).
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1822 Haüy Minéral. IV. 548 Diallage, Espèce unique: Eclogite, d' ἐκλογη choix, parce que les composans de cette roche n'étant pas de ceux qui existent plusieurs ensemble dans les roches primitives..semblent s'être choisis pour faire bande à part.]
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxix. 169 Feldspar with a basis of souda..forms..with garnet, eclogyte.
1866 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified This rock, to which Haüy gave the name of eklogite, is usually very firm and coherent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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