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zinc blende

American  

noun

Mineralogy.
  1. sphalerite.


zinc blende British  

noun

  1. another name for sphalerite

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of zinc blende

First recorded in 1835–45

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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

It is, however, nearly always found associated with zinc blende, and with calamine, although only in small quantities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Those lines you see are ultra-violet, made visible to the eye by activation of a radioactive compound whose rays in turn impinge on a zinc blende sheet.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry

In that it is possible to watch the bombardment of the countless little corpuscles thrown off by radium, as they strike on the zinc blende crystal which forms the base.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; Ð called also false galena.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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