Definitions for eclogites

eclogites ec·lo·gite

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

Eclogites is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 414 anagrams from letters in eclogites (ceegilost).

Definitions for eclogites

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 eclogites

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

Examples for eclogites

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

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

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 eclogites
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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