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diopsidite

diopsidite noun: any rock consisting of 90% or more diopside.

Noun

diopsidite (countable and uncountable, plural diopsidites)

  1. Any rock consisting of 90% or more diopside.
    • Moreau (1963) recognized two types of diopsidite: that closely associated with marble, and that intercalated with alumino-silicate gneisses.2010, Timothy M. Kusky, Mingguo Zhai, Wenjiao Xiao, The Evolving Continents, page 140

Forms of diopsidite

pluraldiopsidites

Origin of diopsidite

From diopside + -ite.

Questions about diopsidite

What does diopsidite mean?
Diopsidite means any rock consisting of 90% or more diopside.
What part of speech is diopsidite?
Diopsidite is a noun.
What is the plural of diopsidite?
The plural of diopsidite is diopsidites.

Words near diopsidite in the dictionary

  1. Diops
  2. diopsid
  3. diopside
  4. diopsides
  5. diopsidic
  6. diopsidite
  7. diopsidites
  8. diopsids
  9. dioptase
  10. dioptases
  11. diopter

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