Description: Eclogite
Nordfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
7 x 5 cm.
This norwegian eclogite shows some signs of alteration after the thermal peak: garnets show chlorite ± hornblende rims, and retrograde plagioclase is described. Cf. http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/norway/nordfjord/ .
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