wurtzite

[wurt-sahyt]

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noun

Mineralogy.

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

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Other Word Forms

wurtzitic adjective

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Word 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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