Editing Eclogite (section)

==Importance==

[[Image:Eclogite dlw.jpg|thumb|right|[[Photomicrograph]] of a [[thin section]] of eclogite from Turkey. Green omphacite (+ late chlorite) + pink garnet + blue glaucophane + colorless phengite.]]

===Formation of igneous rocks from eclogite===
[[File:Eclogite.jpg|thumb|Eclogite]]
Partial melting of eclogite has been modeled to produce [[tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite]] melts.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1038/nature02031|pmid = 14534583|title = Growth of early continental crust by partial melting of eclogite|journal = Nature|volume = 425|issue = 6958|pages = 605–609|year = 2003|last1 = Rapp|first1 = Robert P.|last2 = Shimizu|first2 = Nobumichi|last3 = Norman|first3 = Marc D.|bibcode = 2003Natur.425..605R| s2cid=4333290 }}</ref> Eclogite-derived melts may be common in the mantle, and contribute to volcanic regions where unusually large volumes of magma are erupted.<ref name="Foulger">{{cite book |title=Plates vs. Plumes: A Geological Controversy |author=Foulger, G.R. |url=http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405161485.html |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4051-6148-0 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |access-date=2011-03-16 |archive-date=2017-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125195240/http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405161485.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The eclogite melt may then react with enclosing peridotite to produce [[pyroxenite]], which in turn melts to produce basalt.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sobolev|first1=Alexander V.|last2=Hofmann|first2=Albrecht W.|last3=Sobolev|first3=Stephan V.|last4=Nikogosian|first4=Igor K.|date=March 2005|title=An olivine-free mantle source of Hawaiian shield basalts|journal=Nature|volume=434|issue=7033|pages=590–597|doi=10.1038/nature03411|pmid=15800614|issn=0028-0836|bibcode=2005Natur.434..590S|s2cid=1565886 }}</ref>