Umbala oqhelekileyo we-diopside unombala ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukuya kumthubi-oluhlaza, omdaka, ophuzi, omfusa, ongenambala ukuya kumhlophe.Ukukhanya kweglasi yokukhazimla.Ukuba i-chromium ikhona kwi-diopside, i-mineral ine-tinge eluhlaza, ngoko ke amatye e-diopside ahlala ebhideka kunye namanye amatye anjenge-olivine etyheli-luhlaza, (eluhlaza) i-tourmaline, kunye ne-chrysoberite, ngokuqinisekileyo ixhomekeke kwezinye iiyantlukwano zomzimba phakathi kweeminerali ukuya. bahlule.