"wurtzite" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Wurtz + -ite, for Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, French chemist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Wurtz|ite}} Wurtz + -ite Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wurtzite (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to wurtzite crystal structure, a hexagonal crystal system named after the mineral wurtzite. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-wurtzite-en-adj-Pvny53Vo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 49 51

Noun

Forms: wurtzites [plural]
Etymology: Wurtz + -ite, for Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, French chemist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Wurtz|ite}} Wurtz + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wurtzite (countable and uncountable, plural wurtzites)
  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown zinc iron sulfide mineral ((Zn,Fe)S), a form of sphalerite. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (zinc iron sulfide mineral): wurtziitti (Finnish), Wurtzit [masculine] (German), wurtzita [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wurtzite-en-noun-dIyKCcBE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 49 51 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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