Definition of "blende" []

• Any of various shiny minerals composed chiefly of metallic sulfides. (noun)
• See sphalerite. (noun)

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• "It is necessary in this case to calculate the volumes of the galena and of the blende, which is done by dividing the weights by the sp. gravities: thus, 4 divided by 7.5 gives 0.53 and 5 divided by 4 gives"
• "They were standing at the base of the saddle ridge of pitch-blende, looking down the fold limb."
• "Sphalerite or blende (zinc sulfide), the original zinc ore, smithsonite, hydrozincite, willemite."