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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
1675–85; < G; cf. MHG blenden to make blind, deceive; so called because it often looks deceptively like galena
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| blende (blěnd) n.
[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.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : blende
Spanish:
deslumbrar,
German:
blenden,
Japanese:
目をくらませる
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