Blende
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
any of certain other sulfides.
Historical Examples
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
The Indian in his Wigwam Henry R. Schoolcraft
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
De Re Metallica Georgius Agricola
The Romance of War Inventions Thomas W. Corbin
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Various
The South-West Jonathon Holt Ingraham
The Universe a Vast Electric Organism George Woodward Warder
The A B C of Mining Charles A. Bramble
noun
another name for sphalerite
any of several sulphide ores, such as antimony sulphide
n.
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