Blende Definition

blĕnd
noun
Any of several minerals, esp. metallic sulfides, with a bright luster; specif., sphalerite.
Webster's New World

(mineralogy) A naturally-occurring sulphide of zinc.

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Noun

Singular:
blende
Plural:
blendes

Origin of Blende

  • German from blenden to deceive (because it resembles lead ore) from Middle High German blenden from Old High German blentan to blind, deceive bhel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Blende, from blenden (“deceive”), because it resembles galena.

    From Wiktionary

Blende Sentence Examples

  • Crystals of blende belong to that subclass of the cubic system in which there are six planes of symmetry parallel to the faces of the rhombic dodecahedron and none parallel to the cubic faces; in other words, the crystals are cubic with inclined hemihedrism, and have no centre of symmetry.

  • Ore of cobalt is obtained in no other locality in India, and although zinc blende has been found elsewhere it is known to have been extracted only in this province.

  • It is, however, nearly always found associated with zinc blende, and with calamine, although only in small quantities.

  • Galena and other lead ores are abundant in veins in the limestone, but they are now only worked on a large scale at Mill Close, near Winster; calamine, zinc blende, barytes, calcite and fluor-spar are common.

  • Galena and other lead ores are abundant in veins in the limestone, but they are now only worked on a large scale at Mill Close, near Winster; calamine, zinc, blende, barytes, calcite and fluor-spar are common.

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