diopsidite

English

Etymology

diopside +‎ -ite

Noun

diopsidite (countable and uncountable, plural diopsidites)

1. Any rock consisting of 90% or more diopside.
   • 2010, Timothy M. Kusky, Mingguo Zhai, Wenjiao Xiao, The Evolving Continents, page 140:

     Moreau (1963) recognized two types of diopsidite]: that closely associated with marble, and that intercalated with alumino-silicate gneisses.