diogenite, n. Geol.
(daɪˈɒdʒɪnaɪt)
[ad. G. Diogenit (M. G. Tschermak 1883, in Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wissensch. LXXXVIII. i. 366), f. Gr. Διογενής descended from Zeus: see -ite1.]
Any of a group of calcium-poor achondrite meteorites that consist mainly of hypersthene or bronzite.
| 1895 O. C. Farrington Handbk. & Catal. Meteorite Coll. Field Columbian Museum (Publ. Field Columbian Mus. I. i.) 24 The classification suggested by Tschermak for the äerolites is as follows..II..(c) Diogenite, composed of bronzite or hypersthene. (Ibbenbuhren, Shalka.) 1916 Mineral. Mag. XVIII. 36 The chladnites (diogenites), chassignites, amphoterites, and rodites have a ratio of MgO to FeO of 2 to 2½. 1971 [see howardite n. 2]. 1979 Nature 4 Oct. 361/2 We have found optical anisotropy in clear taenite from over 40 meteorites including..chondrites, diogenites, iron meteorites, mesosiderites and pallasites. |