wurtzite

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English

Etymology

From Wurtz +‎ -ite, for Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, French chemist.

Noun

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wurtzite (countable and uncountable, plural wurtzites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown zinc iron sulfide mineral ((Zn,Fe)S), a form of sphalerite.

Translations

Adjective

Wurtzite unit cell. Grey balls represent a metal and the yellow ones non-metallic elements.

wurtzite (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to wurtzite crystal structure, a hexagonal crystal system named after the mineral wurtzite.
    A new family of semiconductors has been synthesized for the first time in the form of wurtzite phase nanocrystals of Cu2ZnAS4−x and CuZn2AS4.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Wurtzite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • wurtzite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.