What does blende mean?
Blende means (mineralogy) sphalerite (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc).
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/blɛnd/ · noun
(mineralogy) sphalerite (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc).
The procedure up here with ordinary local zinc blende had been straightforward—first you got the sulfur to go off by roasting the blende to zinc oxide, and then you reduced the oxide to zinc metal.
Use blende when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blende means (mineralogy) sphalerite (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc).
Common synonyms include sphalerite, zinc blende.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The procedure up here with ordinary local zinc blende had been straightforward—first you got the sulfur to go off by roasting the blende to zinc oxide, and then you reduced the oxide to zinc metal.
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