diopside

English

Diopside

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“through”) + [Term?] (“view”)

Noun

diopside (countable and uncountable, plural diopsides)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi₂O₆, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: diopsidi (fi)
• French: diopside (fr) m
• German: Diopsid m
• Italian: diopside f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: diópsido m
• Russian: диопси́д (ru) m (diopsíd)
• Spanish: diópsido m

Related terms

• diopsidite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Diopside”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “diopside”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
• diopside on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dipodies

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French

Noun

diopside m (plural diopsides)

1. (mineralogy) diopside

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Italian

Noun

diopside f (plural diopsidi)

1. (mineralogy) diopside