Diopside [ CaMgSi2O6 ]
Material properties
| Formulas | Ca(Mg,V)Si2O6, CaMgSi2O6 |
| Abbreviation | Di |
| Variants | Lavrovite, synthetic, Fe2+ |
| Classification | Clinopyroxene |
| Luminescence emitters | Cr, Fe, Mn, O, Si-O, Ti, [TiOn] |
| Spectra | Reflectance (2) |
| IMA Status | Approved (IMA 1988 s.p.) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, 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, Silicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Ca | 1 |
| Si | 2 |
| O | 6 |
| Mg | 1 |
| Total: | 10 |
References for Diopside
|
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 | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 Prehnite | CSIRO | Diopside, Prehnite | 1 | Reflectance | |
| 46E6454 Augite | CSIRO | Augite, Diopside, Fluorite, Muscovite-1M | 1 | Reflectance | |
| NR162 Diopside | CSIRO | Clinochlore, Fe, Diopside | 2 | Reflectance |
