Blende

Pronunciation

• IPA: /blÉ›nd/
• Homophones: blend

Alternative forms

• blind, blinde

Origin

From German Blende, from blenden ("deceive"), because it resembles galena.

Full definition of blende

Noun

1. (mineral) A naturally-occurring sulphide of zinc.
• 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 310: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.

Synonyms

• sphalerite