Description: Eclogita Glenelg, North West Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom 7 x 3'5 cm. This rocks comes from a region where evidences of ultrahigh pressure/temperature metamorphism were found. Cf. K. Sajeeva, T. Kawaib, S. Omorib, B. F. Windleyc, S. Maruyamab, P–T evolution of Glenelg eclogites, NW Scotland: Did they experience ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism?, abstract at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493709003892 ).

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