sphalerite
Meaning
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.
Synonyms
zinc blende
steel jack
lead marcasite
mock ore
Translations
esfalerita
sphalérite
blenda
sfalerite
Sphalerit
σφαλερίτης
zinkblende
blenda
سفاليريت إسفالريت؛ كبريتيد الزنكPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsfæl.ə.ˌɹaɪt/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σφαλερός (sphalerós, “unstable, unsteady, precarious”) + -ite; named in 1847.
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