Eclogite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eclogite \Ec"lo*gite\, n. [See {Ecloque}.] (Min.)
     A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green
     smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference
     to its beauty.
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