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diopside Min.|daɪˈɒpsaɪd|
[a. F. diopside (Haüy 1801), irreg. f. Gr. δι-, (di-2) twice + ὄψις appearance, aspect, but viewed by later authors as a deriv. of Gr. δίοψις a view through, f. δι-, δια- through.]
A synonym of pyroxene; now usually restricted to the transparent varieties.
1808Allan Names Min. 26 Diopside..a mineral from Mussa in Piémonte. 1868Dana Min. 223 Diopside has been observed as a furnace product. 1879Rutley Study Rocks xiii. 264 The diopside has a rough or stepped appearance on the abraded surfaces of sections. |