Definitions for diopside

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diopside di·op·side

Spelling: [dahy-op-sahyd, -sid]

IPA: /daɪˈɒp saɪd, -sɪd/

Diopside is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in diopside (ddeiiops).

Definitions for diopside

noun

1. a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.

Origin of diopside

1800-10; di-³ + Greek óps(is) appearance + -ide

Examples for diopside

diopside, dī-op′sid, n. a grayish and readily cleavable variety of pyroxene.

The augite is mostly a variety of diopside and is only occasionally idiomorphic.

Here it is believed to be an alteration product of diopside (lime-magnesia pyroxene) in a contact-metamorphic silicated zone.