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