zinc blende

noun

, Mineralogy.

zinc blende

First recorded in 1835–45

It is what is called "zinc blende," and consists of zinc sulphide, or zinc and sulphur in combination.

One quarter of the vein consists of galena, the remainder of zinc-blende.

The following process for the detection of indium in zinc-blende, and its extraction from the same source, is given by Winkler.

Indium, a metallic elementary body of rare occurrence, and first discovered in zinc-blende in 1863.

The most important mineral of zinc is the sulphide, sphalerite or "zinc blende."

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