diopside
/dʌɪˈɒpsʌɪd
/noun [mass noun]
A mineral occurring as white to pale green crystals in metamorphic and basic igneous rocks. It consists of a calcium and magnesium silicate of the pyroxene group, often also containing iron and chromium.Some of the characteristic minerals found in kimberlite are olivine, pyrope garnet, enstatite, diopside, ilmenite, phlogopite, perovskite, magnetite, and spinel....
- They have a mineralogical association of quartz, diopside, actinolite, plagioclase and K-feldspar.
- The main minerals identified were mainly calcite also some diopside, wollastonite, iron oxides and a few scattered dolomite crystals.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French, formed irregularly from di-3 'through' + Greek opsis 'aspect', later interpreted as derived from Greek diopsis 'a view through'.
Rhymes
- auto-destruct
- auto-destruction
- auto-destructive
- autodiagnosis
- autodiagnostic
- autodial
- autodialler
- autodidact
- autodidactic
- autodidacticism
- autodigestion
- autodrome
- autodynamic
- autodyne
- autoecious
- auto-education
- auto-enrol
- autoenroll
- autoenrollment
- auto-enrolment
- auto-erotic
- autoerotic asphyxia
- auto-erotic asphyxiation
- auto-eroticism
- autoerotism