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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Sphalerite and zinc blende seems to be
due to a language difference. Sphalerite is derived from the
"Greek" word sphaleros meaning treacherous. Blende is a "German"
word meaning blind. Both names that are used interchangeably
should be because miners could not "visually" distinguish <a
title="Lead(II) sulfide" href="/wiki/Lead%28II%29_sulfide">galena
(lead sulfide)</a> from sphalerite.<br>
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On 2/11/2013 12:36 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:f.tran@pci.uzh.ch">f.tran@pci.uzh.ch</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>sphalerite and zinc blende are two different names for the
same structure (B3).</div>
<div>It's like rock salt and sodium chloride which are the same
(B1).</div>
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<div>F. Tran<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at"><wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at></a><br>
From: Sahra Sahraii <sahraii1900@yahoo.com><br>
Sent by: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wien-bounces@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at">wien-bounces@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at</a><br>
Date: 02/11/2013 07:09PM<br>
Subject: [Wien] the difference between Zinc blende and
Sphalerite structure<br>
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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';
mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language:
EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HI">Dear WIEN2k users<br>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I want to
study the InSb and GaSb compounds, InSb has zinc
blende structure but GaSb has <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Sphalerite"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphalerite"><span
style="COLOR: blue">Sphalerite</span></a>
structure, I have made the zinc blende structure
with two positions (000) and (1/4,1/4.1/4) with a
fcc structure, but I don’t know how can I make the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Sphalerite"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphalerite"><span
style="COLOR: blue">Sphalerite</span></a>
structure, Is this structure the same as the zinc
blende structure, if they are <span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>same why don’t
they have the same name?.<br>
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