The unit cells of zinc blende and of structures isomorphous with zinc blende are face centered cubic. Lattice points are located on the corners and in the centers of the faces of a cubic unit cell.

One common description of the zinc blende unit cell places sulfide ions on the lattice points.

Zinc ions are located in one-half of the tetrahedral holes within the unit cell.

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