Eclogite


Eclogite with fine-grained fabric. Green is pyroxene (omphacite), red is garnet. Width of sample 11 cm.


Size: 3300px × 2200px
Location: Nordfjord, Norway
Photo credit: © Siim Sepp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: almandine, basalt, basaltic, clinopyroxene, coesite, crust, dense, eclogite, facies, garnet, kyanite, metamorphic, metamorphism, nordfjord, oceanic, omphacite, plate, protolith, pyroxene, quartz, rock, stone, subduction, tectonics, uhp, ultrahigh-pressure, verpeneset