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wurtzite

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[wurt-sahyt] / ˈwɜrt saɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

  1. a dimorph of sphalerite, zinc sulfide, ZnS, similar in structure to greenockite and brownish-black in color.

Other Word Forms

  • wurtzitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of wurtzite

1865–70; < French, named after Charles Wurtz (1817–84), French chemist; -ite 1

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The substance is usually optically isotropic, though sometimes it exhibits anomalous double refraction; fibrous zinc sulphide which is doubly refracting is to be referred to the hexagonal species wurtzite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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