diopsidic

diopsidic

(ˌdaɪɒpˈsɪdɪk)
adj
of, relating to, or belonging to diopside
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The intrusive analogues (theralites, essexitic gabbros, ijolites and essexites) show a holocrystalline inequigranular texture, with diopsidic pyroxene ([Wo.sub.44-51][Fs.sub.8-17]), olivine ([Fo.sub.75-82] to [Fo.sub.44-66]), mica (Ti-phlogopite to Ti-biotite), Timagnetite, alkali feldspar, and nepheline ([Ne.sub.64-80][Ks.sub.20-36]) [+ or -] leucite [+ or -] amphibole.
Magmatism in the Asuncion-Sapucai-Villarrica Graben (Eastern Paraguay) revisited: petrological, geophysical, geochemical, and geodynamic inferences
Relict pyroxene is diopsidic in composition, and along with mineral textures and chemographic projection analysis, suggests that clinopyroxene was an active participant in equilibria at the lowest grades.
Very low- and low-grade metamorphism of mafic volcanic rocks of the Mira terrane (Avalonia), southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
The skarns are dominated by andradite-grossular garnet and diopsidic and johanssenitic pyroxene.
Famous mineral localities: the Guerrero amethyst deposits, Mexico
Simple black prismatic crystals of titaniferous diopsidic augite (Joplin, 1964) reaching 5 mm in length are occasionally observed in the miarolitic cavities associated with the pegmatite schlieren.
Minerals of the prospect intrusion
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