Diopside [ CaMgSi2O6 ]

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Material properties

Formulas Ca(Mg,V)Si2O6, CaMgSi2O6
Abbreviation Di
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1988 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group C2/c (#15)
Classification Clinopyroxene
Variants synthetic, Fe2+, Lavrovite
Luminescence emitters Cr, Fe, Mn, O, Ti, [TiOn]
Reflectance line Si-O
Spectra Reflectance (2)
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Tags Mineral, Silicate, Synthetic

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
Si 2
O 6
Mg 1
Total: 10

References for Diopside

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 4 0 0
Greeen & Walker 1985 2 0 0
Hamblen 2003 0 0 9
Kazankin et al. 1975 2 0 0
Laukamp et al. 2021 3 0 0
Leverenz 1968 1 0 0
Pejcic et al. 2022 (EP2022-5804) 0 1 0
Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) 0 1 0
Smith 1949 3 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 6 0 0

Specimens of Diopside

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
NR162 Diopside CSIRO Clinochlore (var. Fe), Diopside (99.0%) 99.0 2 Reflectance
M1324 Diopside CSIRO Andradite, Diopside (98.6%) 98.6 0 —
M2197 Diopside CSIRO Diopside (var. Fe2+) (96.2%), Quartz 96.2 0 —
M0213 Molybdenite CSIRO Diopside (71.8%), Molybdenite-2H, Quartz 71.8 0 —
M1109 Diopside CSIRO Diopside (69.0%), Quartz, Talc, Tremolite 69.0 0 —
MT8397 Pigeonite CSIRO Augite, Diopside (var. Fe2+) (27.0%), Labradorite, Lizardite, Nontronite-15.6A, Quartz, Rhodonite, Tremolite 27.0 0 —
M1316 Olivine CSIRO Diopside (14.0%), Enstatite, Forsterite (var. Fe), Olivine, Quartz 14.0 0 —
M1623 Forsterite / Enstatite CSIRO Diopside (9.7%), Enstatite, Forsterite (var. Fe), Iddingsite 9.7 0 —
150 Prehnite CSIRO Diopside (4.9%), Prehnite 4.9 1 Reflectance
46e6454 Diopside CSIRO Augite, Diopside, Fluorite, Muscovite-1M — 1 Reflectance
Chondrodite-Calcite-Diopside-Hydrozincite (Ontario) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Chondrodite, Diopside, Hydrozincite — 0 —
Hydrozincite (#6, Ontario) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Chondrodite, Diopside, Hydrozincite — 0 —
M2222 Augite CSIRO Augite, Diopside (var. Fe2+), Hedenbergite (var. Na), Quartz — 0 —
Phlogopite (#1, West Pierrepont, NY) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Diopside, Phlogopite — 0 —
Scapolite (#1, Quebec) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Diopside, Scapolite — 0 —