wurtzite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

wurtzite (countable and uncountable, plural wurtzites)

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

Translations

zinc iron sulfide mineral

• Finnish: wurtziitti
• German: Wurtzit m
• Spanish: wurtzita f

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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.