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sphalerite

Noun

sphal=er=ite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sphalerite(n = noun.substance) blende, zinc blende - an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form; Array

is a kind of mineral

sphalerite, n. [Gr. slippery, uncertain. See Blende.].

Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a). [1913 Webster]

sphalerite, n. = BLENDE.

Etymology

Gk sphaleros deceptive: cf. BLENDE

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