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
Beautiful isolated tetrahedra of transparent yellow blende are found in the snow-white crystalline dolomite of the Binnenthal in the Valais, Switzerland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
It probably is not rich enough for amalgamation, as it contains a superior bulk of iron pyrites, blende, lead and earthy matter.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
A pure white blende from Franklin in New Jersey is known as cleiophane; snow-white crystals are also found at Nordmark in Vermland, Sweden.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Crystals of blende are of very common occurrence, but owing to twinning and distortion and curvature of the faces, they are often rather complex and difficult to decipher.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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