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Diopside is a
monoclinic pyroxene mineral with
composition MgCaSi 2O 6. It
forms complete solid solution series with
hedenbergite (FeCaSi 2O 6) and augite...
- melt at the
eutectic temperature,
along with part of the
diopside, and the
remaining diopside will then
gradually melt as the
temperature continues to...
- compositions.
There is an
arbitrary separation between augite and the
diopside-hedenbergite (CaMgSi2O6 − CaFeSi2O6)
solid solution. The
divide is taken...
- with
metamorphic rocks. ****ociated
minerals include garnets, vesuvianite,
diopside, tremolite, epidote,
plagioclase feldspar,
pyroxene and calcite. It is...
- aluminium-poor phlogopite; pot****ium- and titanium-rich richterite; low
aluminium diopside; and iron-rich sanidine. A
variety of rare
trace minerals occur. The rocks...
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Datolite Descloizite Diamond Bort
Ballas Carbonado Diaspore ****insonite
Diopside Dioptase Dolomite Dumortierite Ekanite Elbaite Enstatite Bronzite Hypersthene...
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metamorphic rock of basalt.
Omphacite is the
solid solution of Fe-bearing
diopside and jadeite. It
crystallizes in the
monoclinic system with prismatic, typically...
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consisting essentially of
minerals of the
pyroxene group, such as augite,
diopside, hypersthene,
bronzite or enstatite.
Pyroxenites are
classified into clinopyroxenites...
- metabasites:
hornblende +
plagioclase ± epidote, garnet, ****mingtonite,
diopside,
biotite In metapelites:
muscovite +
biotite +
quartz +
plagioclase ± garnet...
- part of the
pyroxene group.
Diallage is a
junction between augite and
diopside, just like f****aite. It was
named in 1801 by René Just Haüy. Its name derives...
