blende

[ blend ]
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nounMineralogy.
  1. sphalerite; zinc sulfide.

  2. any of certain other sulfides.

Origin of blende

1
1675–85; <German; compare Middle High German blenden to make blind, deceive; so called because it often looks deceptively like galena

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blende

/ (blɛnd) /


noun
  1. another name for sphalerite

  2. any of several sulphide ores, such as antimony sulphide

Origin of blende

1
C17: German Blende, from blenden to deceive, blind; so called because it is easily mistaken for galena

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