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Definition of Blende

1. Noun. An ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form.

Definition of Blende

1. n. A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.

Definition of Blende

1. Noun. (minerology) A naturally-occurring sulphide of zinc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blende

1. a shiny mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Blende

1. A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its colour is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous. A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster. Origin: G, fr. Blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive, fr. Blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it yields no lead. Cf. Sphalerite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Blende

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"Since 1903, the revival of the district as a producer of zinc blende, ... The magnetic separation of low- grade roasted zinc blende concentrates has greatly ..."

2. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"Phosphorescent blende, Aikin, p. 118. External Characters. It exhibits the following series of colours : asparagus and oil green, seldom sulphur-yellow, ..."

3. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1905)
"With the fibrous aggregates of this mineral, brown zinc-blende, ... Microscopic examination shows the blende in extremely thin lamellae thrust in between ..."

4. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"blende, the most important ore of zinc, is an extremely common mineral, especially as a constituent of metalliferous veins. The name, Fig. 444. ..."

5. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"Galena middlings collected and jigged; blende concentrates to (2); blende middlings to (12); ... 19. Two magnetic separators, Nos. 1 and 2. blende-bearing ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"Treatment of blende.—At Corphalie.t near Huy, in Belgium, blende is roasted in reverberatory furnaces, either with direct firing, or by the gases escaping ..."

7. Studies in Luminescence by Edward Leamington Nichols (1912)
"The effect is exhibited by Sidot blende more strongly perhaps than by any of the other phosphorescent sulphides. In Chapter IV we have called attention to ..."

8. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"Since 1903, the revival of the district as a producer of zinc blende, ... The magnetic separation of low- grade roasted zinc blende concentrates has greatly ..."

9. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"Phosphorescent blende, Aikin, p. 118. External Characters. It exhibits the following series of colours : asparagus and oil green, seldom sulphur-yellow, ..."

10. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1905)
"With the fibrous aggregates of this mineral, brown zinc-blende, ... Microscopic examination shows the blende in extremely thin lamellae thrust in between ..."

11. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"blende, the most important ore of zinc, is an extremely common mineral, especially as a constituent of metalliferous veins. The name, Fig. 444. ..."

12. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"Galena middlings collected and jigged; blende concentrates to (2); blende middlings to (12); ... 19. Two magnetic separators, Nos. 1 and 2. blende-bearing ..."

13. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"Treatment of blende.—At Corphalie.t near Huy, in Belgium, blende is roasted in reverberatory furnaces, either with direct firing, or by the gases escaping ..."

14. Studies in Luminescence by Edward Leamington Nichols (1912)
"The effect is exhibited by Sidot blende more strongly perhaps than by any of the other phosphorescent sulphides. In Chapter IV we have called attention to ..."

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