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sphalerite


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sphalerite  \Sphal"er*ite\,  n.  [Gr.  ???  slippery,  uncertain.  See 
  {Blende}.]  (Min.) 
  Zinc  sulphide;  --  called  also  {blende},  {black-jack},  {false 
  galena},  etc  See  {Blende} 
  a  . 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sphalerite 
  n  :  an  ore  that  is  the  chief  source  of  zinc;  consists  largely  of 
  zinc  sulfide  in  crystalline  form  [syn:  {zinc  blende},  {blende}] 




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