Description
ECLOGITE SPECIMEN
This is the polished on the one side eclogite specimen. Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.4 x 0.3″ (6.3 x 6 x 0.7cm). Weight – 2oz (56 grams). Origin: Russia, Kola Peninsula.
Some information about eclogite:
Eclogite is a mafic metamorphic rock. Eclogite forms at pressures greater than those typical of the crust of the Earth. An unusually dense rock, eclogite can play an important role in driving convection within the solid Earth.
The fresh rock can be striking in appearance, with red to pink garnet (almandine-pyrope) in a green matrix of sodium-rich pyroxene (omphacite). Plagioclase is not stable in eclogite.
Eclogite is a rare and important rock because it formed only by conditions typically found in the mantle or the lowermost part of thickened crust. Eclogites are helpful in elucidating patterns and processes of plate tectonics because many represent the crustal rocks that subducted to depths in excess of 35 km and then returned to the surface (More information about eclogite).
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