diopside

N แร่ พวก ซิ ลิ เค ท  pyroxene

DIOPSIDE

n.[Gr. ] A rare mineral, regarded by Hauy as a variety of augite, and called by Jameson a subspecies of oblique-edged augite, occurring in prismatic crystals, of a vitreous luster, and of a pale green, or a greenish or yellowish white. The variety with four-sided prims has been called Mussite, from Mussa in Piedmont. It resembles the Sahlite.

DIOPSIDE

Di *op "side, n. Etym: [Gr. diopside. ] (Min. )

diopside

di op side |dīˈäpˌsīd daɪˈɑpsaɪd | ▶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. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French, formed irregularly from di- 3 ‘through ’ + Greek opsis ‘aspect, ’ later interpreted as derived from Greek diopsis ‘a view through. ’

diopside

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. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French, formed irregularly from di- 3 ‘through ’ + Greek opsis ‘aspect ’, later interpreted as derived from Greek diopsis ‘a view through ’.