Sphalerite Definition

sfălə-rīt
noun
A usually brownish mineral, (Zn,Fe)S, the chief ore of zinc; zinc iron sulfide.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
sphalerite
Plural:
sphalerites

Origin of Sphalerite

  • Greek sphaleros slippery, deceitful (from sphallein to trip, from its being easily mistaken for galena) –ite

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

  • From Greek σφαλερὀς (sfaleros) "treacherous", named in 1847.

    From Wiktionary

Sphalerite Sentence Examples

  • The principal ores are galena, sphalerite or zinc blende and smithsonite or zinc carbonate, which is locally called "dry bone" and which was the first zinc ore mined in the state.

  • Most economic deposits of non-ferrous metals occur as sulfide minerals e.g. galena, PbS; sphalerite, ZnS; chalcopyrite, CuFeS 2.

  • The sulfide minerals recorded from the lodes comprise pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite and arsenopyrite.

  • The large zinc anomalies are caused by the presence of coarse sphalerite and coarse baryte is also common.

  • The chief ore is zinc blende, or sphalerite (see Blende), which generally contains, in addition to zinc sulphide, small amounts of the sulphides of iron, silver and cadmium.

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