adjective
- of, relating to, or containing diopside (a calcium magnesium silicate mineral)
Usage: technical; mineralogy
Examples
- The diopsidic composition of the rock sample was confirmed through X-ray diffraction analysis.
- Geologists identified diopsidic minerals in the metamorphic formation.
- The diopsidic pyroxene gave the stone its characteristic green color.
- This diopsidic basalt contains significant amounts of calcium and magnesium silicates.