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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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