blende

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The cubic form of zinc sulfide, zinc blende, also crystallizes in an FCC unit cell, as illustrated in Figure 10.61.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; Ð called also false galena.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

If a surface is coated with Sidot's blende and held near a piece of radium nitrate, the coated surface begins to glow.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith

The ores are argentiferous galena, accompanied by considerable amounts of blende and pyrites, all oxidized near the surface.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Transparent blende of a red or reddish-brown colour, such as that found near Holywell in Flintshire, is known as “ruby-blende” or “ruby-zinc.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various