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Dioptase vs Diopside - What's the difference?

dioptase | diopside |

As nouns the difference between dioptase and diopside

is that dioptase is an intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral while diopside is a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi2O6, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

dioptase

English

(wikipedia dioptase)

Noun

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  • An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.

    • diopside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula Ca]]MgSi2[[oxygen, O6, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

    • External links

    * ("diopside" on Wikipedia)