wurtzite
English
Etymology
Wurtz + -ite, for Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, French chemist.
Noun
wurtzite (countable and uncountable, plural wurtzites)
- (mineralogy) A dark brown zinc iron sulfide mineral ((Zn,Fe)S), a form of sphalerite.
Translations
zinc iron sulfide mineral
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Adjective

Wurtzite unit cell. Grey balls represent a metal and the yellow ones non-metallic elements.
wurtzite (not comparable)
- 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.
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