Diopside
| ID | 70 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral | Diopside | |
| Location | Cascade Mountain - Keene - New York - United States of America | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 1294 |
|---|---|
| Long ID | 1:1:1294:8 |
| Formula |
CaMgSi2O6
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| Discovery Year | 1800 |
| Diapheny | Transparent,Opaque |
| Cleavage | on {110} |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | Light to dark green, blue, brown, colourless, snow white, grey, pale violet |
| Hardness (min) | 5.5 |
| Hardness (max) | 6.5 |
| Lustre | Vitreous |
| About the name | Named in 1806 by Rene Just Haüy from the Greek δις- for "double" (or even better for "twice") and όψις" (or "ὄψις" in ancient Greek) - for "appearance", in allusion to two possible orientations of the prism zone. see also https://www.mindat.org/mesg-588879.html |
| Streak | White |
| Crystal System | Monoclinic |
| Cleavage Type | Distinct/Good |
| Fracture type | Irregular/Uneven,Conchoidal |
| Morphology | Prismatic crystals with square cross sections. |
| Twinning | Simple or multiple twins on {100} or {010} common. |
| UV | Bright blue-white (white coloured material) (SW UV) |
| shortcode_ima | Di |
| Group | Clinopyroxene Subgroup |
Details
Price: € 5
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: Not registered
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Notes:
| Symbol | Element | |
|---|---|---|
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| Si | Silicium |