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Definition of Sphalerites
1. sphalerite [n] - See also: sphalerite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphalerites
Literary usage of Sphalerites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports by Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines (1894)
"sphalerites of different colors are found deposited on galena. The following
table of analyses will convey an idea of the composition of Missouri ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1888)
"... sphalerites. " 9. ... Again, the above-named species of the genus sphalerites
are ; S. ..."
3. Geology of Colorado and Western Ore Deposits by Arthur Lakes (1893)
"E 1—sphalerites, same as last. ... mixed with a line of pyrite crystals along
the fragments of quartz, with some sphalerites and ..."
4. Geology of Colorado and Western are Deposits by Arthur Lakes (1893)
"E 1—sphalerites, same a* last. ... Kwh half contains fragments of quartz, trith
some sphalerites and pyrites in smali crystals. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"Light yellow sphalerites were formerly preferred by ore buyers as being "softer,"
and therefore more easily calcined and retorted than the supposedly harder ..."
6. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"The color is that of a light "rosin jack" and would match the color of the well
known sphalerites from Joplin, Missouri. Like the latter, also, ..."