Definitions for eclogite

eclogite ec·lo·gite

Spelling: [ek-luh-jahyt]
IPA: /ˈɛk ləˌdʒaɪt/

Eclogite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in eclogite (ceegilot).

Definitions for eclogite

noun

  1. a rock consisting of a granular aggregate of green pyroxene and red garnet, often containing kyanite, silvery mica, quartz, and pyrite.

Origin of eclogite

1815-25; Greek eklog(ḗ) selection (see eclogue) + -ite1

Examples for eclogite

Some regard the eclogite boulders as derived from deep-seated crystalline rocks, others as concretions in the blue ground.

In the Newlands boulder the diamonds have the appearance of being an original constituent of the eclogite.

eclogite, ek′loj-īt, n. a crystalline rock, composed of smaragdite and red garnet.

Omphacite, om′fa-sīt, n. a grass-green granular variety of pyroxene, one of the constituents of eclogite.

Word Value for eclogite
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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