Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light green, monoclinic pyroxene mineral, CaMgSi2O6, used as a gemstone and refractory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety or subspecies of pyroxene, containing as bases chiefly calcium and magnesium, with more or less iron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
monoclinic pyroxene mineral , amagnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formulaCa Mg Si 2O 6, found inigneous andmetamorphic rocks .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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"diopside" - everything except the 4-square-mile Kalaupapa peninsula below the cliffs (which has its own parish) - set up a big-screen TV at Sat.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local editor@denverpost.com (<B>By Mim Swartz</B> / <I> 2009
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Here it is believed to be an alteration product of diopside (lime-magnesia pyroxene) in a contact-metamorphic silicated zone.
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The primary deposition was of chalcopyrite and other copper sulphides, together with garnet, diopside, and other minerals known to have required high temperature in their formation.
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Extensive alterations of the country rock in the way of silicification and sericitization, and the presence of minerals like garnet, tourmaline, diopside, and others, known to be commonly deposited by the same hot solutions which make many ore deposits, may furnish a clue for exploration below.
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In 2009, 1,273 KIM samples were collected under a sampling campaign that had two objectives: initial evaluation of portions of Nanuq that had not previously been evaluated by KIM sampling and follow-up sampling related to previously identified KIM and geophysical anomalies. 482 of the 1,273 samples contained kimberlitic indicator minerals including at least one p-type garnet, e-type garnet, chrome diopside or ilmenite grain, with 100 of the samples returning over five of these grains.
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Grossular discovery and vesuvianite contact metamorphism of limestone, diopside, wollastonite and wernerite.
VInvesting.com 2010
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Totals of 1,673 p-type garnets and 287 e-type garnet grains were recovered, with one sample returning 50 p-type garnets, ten e-type garnets, four chrome diopside and one ilmenite grain.
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Both phases contain olivine, picroilmenite, pyrope garnet and chrome diopside macrocrysts.
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In 2009, 1,273 KIM samples were collected under a sampling campaign that had two objectives: initial evaluation of portions of Nanuq that had not previously been evaluated by KIM sampling and follow-up sampling related to previously identified KIM and geophysical anomalies. 482 of the 1,273 samples contained kimberlitic indicator minerals including at least one p-type garnet, e-type garnet, chrome diopside or ilmenite grain, with 100 of the samples returning over five of these grains.
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Totals of 1,673 p-type garnets and 287 e-type garnet grains were recovered, with one sample returning 50 p-type garnets, ten e-type garnets, four chrome diopside and one ilmenite grain.
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