Eclogite

Title

Eclogite

Identifier

NAO-14

Description

Na-clinopyroxene (chloromelanite), almandine garnet, rutile, glaucophanic amphibole, harrisitic hornblende, epidote, ablite, chlorIte. Chloromelanite pseudomorphs on primary pyroxenes and chloromelanitic aggregates in plagioclase; granoblastic garnet, sometimes in rims around the pyroxenes. Diaftoretic phenomena with substitution of harraisite, epidote, albite, chlorite.

Date

no date

Contributor

Western Minerals Inc.

Spatial Coverage

Veirera , Italy

Temporal Coverage

Cretaceous-Eocene

Accrual Method

Purchased from Western Minerals Inc.

Number of Thin Sections

2