Definition of Eclogites

1. Noun. (plural of eclogite) ¹

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Definition of Eclogites

1. eclogite [n] - See also: eclogite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eclogites

eclipse phase
eclipsed
eclipser
eclipsers
eclipses
eclipsing
eclipsing binary
eclipsis
eclipsises
ecliptic
ecliptical
ecliptick
ecliptics
eclog
eclogite
eclogites (current term)
eclogitic
eclogitized
eclogs
eclogue
eclogues
eclose
eclosed
ecloses
eclosing
eclosion
eclosions
eclosure
ecmnesia
ecmnesic

Literary usage of Eclogites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"OREGON eclogites. CONCLUSION. THE term "eclogite" was first introduced into the geological literature of Europe in 1822 by ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1906)
"These rocks are eclogites, greenstones and basic schists, grading over into ... Some of the more basic eclogites may even have been made out of pyroxenite. ..."

3. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"In California a rock consisting of garnet and greenish brown hornblende, with grains of rutile, has been noted from Santa Catalina Is.7; and other eclogites ..."

4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"I found, from my study of schists and eclogites from the Coast Banges of ... whereas the eclogites could in some cases at least be traced back to an igneous ..."

5. An Introduction to the Geology of Cape Colony by Arthur William Rogers (1905)
"In addition to this, the eclogites, or minerals derived from them, are quite as characteristic of the breccias from the pipes in ..."

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