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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. ??? slippery, uncertain. See
     Blende.] (Min.)
     Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false
     galena, etc. See Blende
     (a) .
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sphalerite
       n : an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of
           zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende, blende]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sphalerite
     n.
     (lb en mineral) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white
  or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula
  (zinc,iron)sulfur, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium,
  gallium, germanium and indium.<ref name="Dana's new"/>

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Sphalerite
     German n.
     (inflection of de Sphalerit  nom//acc//gen p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sphalerite
     n.
     (lb en mineral) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white
  or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula
  (zinc,iron)sulfur, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium,
  gallium, germanium and indium.<ref name="Dana's new"/>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sphalerite
     n.
     (lb en mineral) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white
  or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula
  (zinc,iron)sulfur, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium,
  gallium, germanium and indium.<ref name="Dana's new"/>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Sphalerite
     German n.
     (inflection of de Sphalerit  nom//acc//gen p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sphalerite
     n.
     (lb en mineral) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white
  or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula
  (zinc,iron)sulfur, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium,
  gallium, germanium and indium.<ref name="Dana's new"/>

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Sphalerite
     German n.
     (inflection of de Sphalerit  nom//acc//gen p)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sphalerite /sfˈaləɹˌaɪt/
  كبريتيد الزّنك

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sphalerite /sfˈaləɹˌaɪt/ 
  sfalerit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sphalerite /sfˈaləɹˌaɪt/
  Zinkblende , Sphalerit  [min.]
     Synonyms: zinc blende, false galena, pseudogalena, wild lead, steel jack
  
   see: resin tiff, ruby zinc
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  sphalerite //ˈsfeɪ.lə.ˌɹaɪt// //ˈsfæl.ə.ˌɹaɪt// 
  sinkkivälke
  mineral

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     闪锌矿

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