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diopside

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di·op·side  (d-psd)
n.
A light green, monoclinic pyroxene mineral, CaMgSi2O6, used as a gemstone and refractory.
[French : di-, two (from Greek; see di-1) + Greek -opsis, -opsis.]
diopside [daɪˈɒpsaɪd -sɪd]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a colourless or pale-green pyroxene mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form: used as a gemstone. Formula: CaMgSi2O6
[from di-2 + Greek opsis sight, appearance + -ide]
diopside  (d-psd)
A light green, monoclinic variety of pyroxene, used as a gemstone and as a refractory material. Chemical formula: CaMgSi2O6.


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Based on stream sediment sampling surveys, OGS geologists say the area contains abnormal amounts of important mineral grains such as G-10 garnets, chromites, magnesium ilmenites and chrome diopsides.
Diamond targets identified by Northern Ontario Business
The area was identified on the basis of historic sampling, by the Saskatchewan Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada in the early 1990's that recovered high counts of kimberlite indicator minerals including significant concentrations of pyrope and eclogitic garnets, chrome diopside and oxides covering a large aerial extent of unglaciated terrain.
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Kimberlite is a host rock to diamonds, but not a source rock: Kimberlite indicator minerals consist of pyrope and eclogitic garnets, magnesian ilmenite, chromite, chorine diopside, forsteritic olivine and diamond and the presence of these minerals is used to determine the proximity of diamond-bearing kimberlites.
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