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Mindat Short Description

Pyroxene Group - Clinopyroxene Subgroup; see also the Diopside-Hedenbergite Series, and the Diopside-Johannsenite Series.

One of the most common members of the pyroxene group. Often occurs in metamorphosed limestones (marbles) as generally pale gree...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

d’Andrada J B (1800) Der eigenschaften und kennzeichen einiger neuen fossilien aus Schweden und Norwegen nebst einigen chemischen bemerkungen ueber dieselben, Allgemeines Journal der Chemie 4, 28-39

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

CaMgSi₂O₆

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

CaMgSi₂O₆

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/diomignite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Diopside.shtml