blende
Americannoun
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sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
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any of certain other sulfides.
noun
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another name for sphalerite
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any of several sulphide ores, such as antimony sulphide
Etymology
Origin of blende
1675–85; < German; compare Middle High German blenden to make blind, deceive; so called because it often looks deceptively like galena
Example Sentences
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The cubic form of zinc sulfide, zinc blende, also crystallizes in an FCC unit cell, as illustrated in Figure 10.61.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Transparent blende of a red or reddish-brown colour, such as that found near Holywell in Flintshire, is known as “ruby-blende” or “ruby-zinc.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Přibramite is the name given to a cadmiferous blende from Přibram in Bohemia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Fine crystals of large size have been found with quartz and chalybite in the mines at Neudorf in the Harz, and with blende and tetrahedrite at Kapnik-B�nya near Nagy-B�nya in Hungary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
The mineral products of Dr�me include lignite, blende, galena, calamine, freestone, lime, cement, potter’s clay and kaolin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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