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• n  an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form

• Mined from veins in the earth, white or gray horn-blende-asbestos may have fibres five or six feet long, but brittle.
• I chipped it with my hammer, and here it was pitch blende.

• zinc blende
• sphalerite

News & Articles

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• Traveling memorial remembers Coloradans who died fighting in the war on terrorism
  CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/BRYAN KELSEN Dave Marrero, past commander of American Legion Post 203, takes time to look at photos Wednesday afternoon as part of the 'Remembering Our Fallen' display at the post in Blende.
  July 18, 2013 - The Pueblo Chieftain