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
Word Usage
"Indium is retrieved as a by-product of zinc ores, specifically from the mineral sphalerite, where its abundance can be as high as almost 900 parts per million (ppm) or as low as 1 ppm."