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noun
Blende  n.  (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.





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"Blende" Quotes from Famous Books



... serve when the proportion of the ingredients is given by weight. A mixture of 4 parts by weight of galena (sp. g. 7.5) with 5 parts of blende (sp. g. 4) will have a ...
— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
... zinc is the sulphide, sphalerite or "zinc blende." The minerals of the oxide zone are smithsonite (zinc carbonate) and calamine (hydrous zinc silicate), which yield minor amounts of zinc and are especially productive at Leadville, Colorado. Zincite (zinc oxide) and willemite (zinc silicate) are the important ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith


Words linked to "Blende" :   atomic number 81, thallium, Tl, sphalerite, zinc blende, atomic number 49


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