title: Blende
text: # Blende
  
  Blende may refer to:
  
  ## Substances
  
  * Sphalerite (Zinc blende, ZnS), the most common usage
  * Hornblende, a complex inosilicate series of minerals
  * Pitchblende, former name of uraninite
  
  ## Places
  
  * Blende, Colorado
  * Blende mine, lead and zinc mines in Canada
  * Blende River [Wikidata], watercourse in Canada
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * an alternative name for Rana Niejta
  