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Definition of blende

blende
Sphalerite Sphal"er*ite, n. [Gr. ??? slippery, uncertain. See Blende.] (Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a) .
Blende
Blende Blende, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive, fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it yields no lead. Cf. Sphalerite.] (Min.) (a) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous. (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster.

Meaning of blende from wikipedia

- Look up Blende or blende in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blende may refer to: Sphalerite (Zinc blende, ZnS), the most common usage Hornblende, a complex...
- indium. Miners have been known to refer to sphalerite as zinc blende, black-jack, and ruby blende. Marmatite is an opaque black variety with a high iron content...
- Ruby blende or garnete blende are two close trivial names for several dissimilar minerals,: 112  with their appearance sometimes imitating red-colored...
- ****nic blende or ****nblende (German: ****nblende, ****nik-blende) is a trivial name that has partially fallen out of scientific use, used by mineralogists...
- Blende is a Census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical...
- Pitche Blende was an American garage rock/psychedelic rock band formed in 1967, in Saginaw, Michigan. The group was composed of high school students, mostly...
- and S is tetrahedral. The more stable cubic form is known also as zinc blende or sphalerite. The hexagonal form is known as the mineral wurtzite, although...
- Wurtzite is a zinc and iron sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, a less frequently encountered structural polymorph form of sphalerite....
- 5.6605 Zinc blende (FCC) AlP 5.4510 Zinc blende (FCC) AlSb 6.1355 Zinc blende (FCC) GaP 5.4505 Zinc blende (FCC) GaAs 5.653 Zinc blende (FCC) GaSb 6...
- Eulytin from Ancient Gr****: εΰλυτος, fusible, easily dissolved) or bi****h blende (obsolete) — one of the rarest minerals in nature, the composition is bi****h...