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a substance resembling a useful ore; spec. sphalerite (zinc blende).
Sulphide of zinc occurring as a native crystalline mineral.
sphalerite (zinc blende).
Mining. The mineral sphalerite or blende.
native zinc sulphide = blende, n.
‘Zinc sulphide, crystallizing in the hexagonal system’ (Chester).