eclogite

Noun

Meaning

A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

granite marble basalt gneiss gabbro pegmatite diorite metamorphic rock syenite aplite amphibolite hornfels granulite blueschist anorthosite

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ecliptical ecliptick eclog eclogitic eclogitized eclogue