Sphalerite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See blende (a).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The native zinc sulphid more familiarly known as zinc-blende. See blende.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mineral   
    Variant
    blende    black-jack    false galena   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    zinc blende    blende