blueschist

thumb|right|Blueschist on Île de Groix, France thumb|right|Photomicrograph of a [[thin section of blueschist facies metamorphosed basalt, from Sivrihisar, Turkey]]

Blueschist (), also called glaucophane schist, is a metavolcanic rock that forms by the metamorphism of basalt and similar rocks at relatively low temperatures () but very high pressure corresponding to a depth of . The blue color of the rock comes from the presence of the predominant minerals glaucophane and lawsonite. This combination of low temperature occurring at significant depth can only be explained in the context of plate subduction, followed by exhumation, which accounts for the rarity of this rock.