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wurtzite

[ wurt-sahyt ]

noun

Mineralogy.
  1. a dimorph of sphalerite, zinc sulfide, ZnS, similar in structure to greenockite and brownish-black in color.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ·É³Ü°ù³Ù³ú·¾±³Ù·¾±³¦ [wert-, sit, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wurtzite1

1865–70; < French, named after Charles Wurtz (1817–84), French chemist; -ite 1
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The substance is usually optically isotropic, though sometimes it exhibits anomalous double refraction; fibrous zinc sulphide which is doubly refracting is to be referred to the hexagonal species wurtzite.

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