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noun
A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: zinc blende, blende
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mineral
History
From Ancient Greek σφαλερός (sphalerós, “unstable, unsteady, precarious”) + -ite; named in 1847.
Across languages
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