Blende may refer to:
Substances
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Sphalerite
Sphalerite (sometimes spelled sphaelerite) is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula . It is the most important ore of zinc. Sphalerite is found in a variety of deposit types, but it is primarily in Sedimentary exhalative deposits, sedimen ...
(''Zinc blende'', ZnS), the most common usage
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Hornblende, a complex inosilicate series of minerals
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Pitchblende, former name of uraninite
Places
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Blende, Colorado
Blende is a Census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Blende CDP was 788 at the United States Census 2020. T ...
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Blende mine
The Blende mine is one of the largest lead and zinc mines in Canada. The mine is located in north-western Canada in Yukon. The mine has reserves amounting to 19.6 million tonnes of ore grading 2.81% lead
Lead is a chemical element with the s ...
, lead and zinc mines in Canada
*, watercourse in Canada
Other uses
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Rana Niejta
Rana Niejta and Rana Niejte are Ume Sami names on a goddess in Sami mythology. In Northern Sami she is called Rana Neida and Rana Neide (names in other Sami languages are Rana Nieda, Ruona Neida, Radien-neide and Blende).
Rana Niejta is the goddes ...
See also
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Blend (disambiguation)
A blend is a mixture of two or more different things or substances; e.g., a product of a Blender, mixer or blender.
Blend
Blend may also refer to:
* Blend word, a word formed from parts of other words
* Blend (album), ''Blend'' (album), a 1996 ...
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Ruby blende (disambiguation)
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Arsenic blende
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