black-jack
Webster Dictionary
a name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende
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sphalerite
Webster Dictionary
zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a)
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zn
(zinc, Zn, atomic number 30)
Princeton's WordNet
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
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atomic number 30
(zinc, Zn, atomic number 30)
Princeton's WordNet
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
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zinc
(zinc, Zn, atomic number 30)
Princeton's WordNet
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
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marmatite
Webster Dictionary
a ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color
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tl
(thallium, Tl, atomic number 81)
Princeton's WordNet
a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores
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atomic number 81
(thallium, Tl, atomic number 81)
Princeton's WordNet
a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores
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thallium
(thallium, Tl, atomic number 81)
Princeton's WordNet
a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores
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cadmium
Webster Dictionary
a comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore
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pseudo-galena
Webster Dictionary
false galena, or blende. See Blende (a)
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zincite
(ˈzɪŋ kaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a brittle, deep red to orange-yellow mineral, zinc oxide, ZnO, having a crystalline or granular form: formerly an important ore of zinc.
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zinc
Webster Dictionary
an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9
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zincite
Webster Dictionary
native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc
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sphalerite
(zinc blende, blende, sphalerite)
Princeton's WordNet
an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
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blende
(zinc blende, blende, sphalerite)
Princeton's WordNet
an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
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zinc blende
(zinc blende, blende, sphalerite)
Princeton's WordNet
an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
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philosopher's wool
(zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool)
Princeton's WordNet
oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
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flowers of zinc
(zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool)
Princeton's WordNet
oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
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zinc oxide
(zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, philosophers' wool)
Princeton's WordNet
oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
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cartridge brass
(cartridge brass)
Princeton's WordNet
an alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing
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lithopone
(ˈlɪθ əˌpoʊn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
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zincification
Webster Dictionary
the act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization
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cadmia
Webster Dictionary
an oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine
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zinco-
Webster Dictionary
a combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively
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dezincification
Webster Dictionary
the act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc
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tutty
Webster Dictionary
a yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a sublimation product in the flues of smelting furnaces of zinc, and consisting of a crude zinc oxide
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brass
Webster Dictionary
an alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals
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blinde
Webster Dictionary
see Blende
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pinchbeck
Webster Dictionary
an alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry
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