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Blende

noun
1.
An ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form.  Synonyms: sphalerite, zinc blende.






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... Corning Brick, Tile & Terra Cotta Co., Corning Brick Delaware Milling, Mining & Mfg. Co., Roxbury Mineral paint Albert Dibble, Belvidere Bluestone Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Ticonderoga Graphite Duford & Son, Chaumont Limestone (Trenton) Ellenville Zinc Co., Ellenville Lead and zinc: zinc blende, chalcopyrite, galena, lead, zinc and copper concentrates Empire China Works, Brooklyn Insulators Empire Gas and Fuel Co., Ltd., Willink Crude oil Empire Marble Co., Gouverneur Marble Empire Salt Co. Silver medal Salt Extra Dark Marble Co., Gouverneur Marble Foery & Kastner, ...
— New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 - Report of the New York State Commission • DeLancey M. Ellis

... usually marked by a series of low, gravelly hills, and clayey valleys, on which a stunted growth of timber prevails, known by the name of 'Oak Openings.' Small portions of sulphate of strontia, galena, and blende, with rhomb spar, occur in the upper portion of the group. Gypsum and salt are, however, the only minerals of economical value: of the former many thousand tons are excavated. Several acidulous springs issuing from these deposits, have been found to contain free sulphuric ...
— Old Mackinaw - The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings • W. P. Strickland

... spectroscope designed for the detection of ultra-violet lines," replied Dr. Bird. "Those lines you see are ultra-violet, made visible to the eye by activation of a radioactive compound whose rays in turn impinge on a zinc blende sheet. Do ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 • Various



Words linked to "Blende" :   atomic number 49, thallium, Tl, mineral, indium, zinc blende, in, atomic number 81



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