diopside

English

Diopside

Noun

diopside (plural diopsides)

(mineralogy) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula Ca Mg Si₂O₆, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Translations

mineral

Finnish: diopsidi (fi)
Russian: диопси́д (ru) m (diopsíd)

Spanish: diópsido m

Further reading

“Diopside” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
diopside mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
diopside on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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