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Blende vs Pseudogalena - What's the difference?

blende | pseudogalena |

As nouns the difference between blende and pseudogalena

is that blende is a naturally-occurring sulphide of zinc while pseudogalena is false galena, or blende.

blende

English

Alternative forms

* blind, blinde

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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 ----

    pseudogalena

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineralogy) False galena, or blende.
    • (Webster 1913)