sphalerite

Significat (Anglès)

A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium.

Conceptes

esfalerita

blenda

Sinònims

blende

zinc blende

steel jack

pseudogalena

lead marcasite

mock ore

false galena

blackjack

mock lead

jack

Traduccions

sphalérite

blenda

sfalerite

esfalerita

Sphalerit

σφαλερίτης

blenda

zinkblende

سفاليريت

إسفالريت؛ كبريتيد الزنك

كبريتيد الزّنك

Sphalerit <Blende>

Blenda

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsfæl.ə.ˌɹaɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek σφαλερός (sphalerós, “unstable, unsteady, precarious”) + -ite; named in 1847.