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Cyclopéite

A synonym of Diopside
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Formula:
CaMgSi2O6
French synonym of:
Dana (1868) lists cyclopeite (from “Descl. Min. 65 1862”) as a synonym of Breislakite, which he described as a pyroxene, though it’s now considered a fibrous variety of vonsenite .

Chester (1896) refers to Des Cloizeaux (1862) as the "source" of this mineral name.

However, Armand Dufrénoy already mentioned cyclopéite in 1859 in his book Traité de minéralogie, Volume 4, on page 662, as a synonym of diopside.

So far I have not been able to find the original (=first) French description of cyclopéite (Pelckmans, 2022).


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ASCII-7:
Cyclopeite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
7461 (as Cyclopéite)
1294 (as Diopside)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:7461:8 (as Cyclopéite)
mindat:1:1:1294:8 (as Diopside)

Similar NamesHide

CyclopeitaA synonym of Ilvaite
CyclopiteA synonym of AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)

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