Eclogite
Rock
About it
Striking, heavy rock of red garnet and green omphacite pyroxene, formed from basalt at very high pressure in subduction zones. Found in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway and as nodules in kimberlite.
- Type
- Rock (metamorphic)
- Group
- Metamorphic (high-pressure)
- Specific gravity
- 3.2–3.6
- Colours
- green with red, red and green speckled
- Transparency
- opaque
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.