Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of pyroxene of a greenish-white color. Also called
alalite and, more commonly, diopside.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A variety of
pyroxene ;diopside .
Etymologies
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Mussa + -ite, since it comes from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont.
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