Description: Eclogite Åheim, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway 5 x 4 cm. Red garnets (almandine-pyrope series) in a matrix of green omphacite. This is a B-type eclogite (Coleman 1965) or Group II-eclogite (Miyashiro 1994): eclogite boudins inside migmatitic gneises.

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