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blende

[blend]
–noun Mineralogy.
1. sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
2. any of certain other sulfides.

Origin:
1675–85; < G; cf. MHG blenden to make blind, deceive; so called because it often looks deceptively like galena
blende   (blěnd)   
n.  
  1. Any of various shiny minerals composed chiefly of metallic sulfides.
  2. See sphalerite.

[German, from blenden, to deceive (because it resembles lead ore), from Middle High German blenden, from Old High German blentan, to blind, deceive; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
sphal·er·ite   (sfāl'ə-rīt')   
n.  The primary ore of zinc, occurring in usually yellow-brown or brownish-black crystals or cleavage masses, essentially ZnS with some cadmium, iron, and manganese. Also called blende, zinc blende.

[Greek sphaleros, slippery, deceitful (from sphallein, to trip, from its being easily mistaken for galena) + -ite1.]

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.
Language Translation for : blende
Spanish: deslumbrar,
German: blenden,
Japanese: 目をくらませる
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