diopside

English

Diopside

Etymology

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

Noun

diopside (countable and uncountable, 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)
French: diopside (fr) m
German: Diopsid m
Italian: diopside f

Portuguese: diópsido m
Russian: диопси́д (ru) m (diopsíd)
Spanish: diópsido m

Related terms

diopsidite

Further reading

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

Anagrams

dipodies

French

Noun

diopside m (plural diopsides)

(mineralogy) diopside

Italian

Noun

diopside f (plural diopsidi)

(mineralogy) diopside

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