The distinctive shimmer of the rocks and their marble-size crystals of red garnet, black hornblende and sage-green diopside in most places attest to metamorphic tortures nearly as intense as those experienced at Akilia. 伊苏瓦岩石的许多特徵,如特殊的光泽与弹珠大小的各式结晶,包括红色的石榴石、色的角闪石、尾草般绿色的透辉石等,在在说明它经历的变质作用几乎与阿基利亚岩石一样强烈。
Diopside \Di*op"side\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? a sight, fr. the root of ? I shall see: cf. F. diopside.] (Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.