a rare coarse-grained basic rock consisting principally of garnet and pyroxene. Quartz, feldspar, etc, may also be present. It is thought to originate by metamorphism or igneous crystallization at extremely high pressure
Word origin
C19: from Greek eklogē a selection
Examples of 'eclogite' in a sentence
eclogite
The progressive convergence led to the formation of the eclogite facies assemblages at the maximum depth in the continental crust.
Carlos Alberto Ríos-Reyes, Oscar Mauricio Castellanos-Alarcón, Carlos Alberto García-Ramírez 2017, 'Petrogenetic significance of the eclogites from the Arquía Complex on southwesternPijao, Central Cordillera (Colombia Andes)', Dynahttps://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/48166. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We propose that the convergence process causes crustal thickening and transformation of the lower crust material into the dense eclogite.
I. Koulakov, I. Zabelina, I. Amanatashvili, V. Meskhia 2012, 'Nature of orogenesis and volcanism in the Caucasus region based on results of regionaltomography', Solid Earthhttp://www.solid-earth.net/3/327/2012/se-3-327-2012.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)