different between granulite vs eclogite

English

granule +? -ite

granulite (countable and uncountable, plural granulites)

(geology) A fine-grained metamorphic rock composed chiefly of feldspar, quartz, and garnets.

granulite f (plural granulites)

Ancient Greek ?????? (eklog?, “selection”), +? -ite.

eclogite (countable and uncountable, plural eclogites)

(petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 101:
  Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino.

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