Diopside
Properties
| Formula | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Abbreviation | Di |
| Variant | synthetic |
| Classification | Clinopyroxene |
| Luminescence emitters | Cr, Fe, Mn, O, Ti, [TiOn] |
| Spectra | Reflectance (1) |
| IMA Status | Approved (IMA 1988 s.p.) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Crystal symmetry | Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group C2/c (#15) |
| Tags | Mineral, Synthetic, Silicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Ca | 1 |
| Si | 2 |
| O | 6 |
| Mg | 1 |
| Total: | 10 |
References
| 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 |
| Leverenz 1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Smith 1949 | 3 | 0 | 0 |