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sylvanite


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sylvanite  \Syl"van*ite\,  n.  [Fr.  Transylvania,  where  first 
  found.]  (Min.) 
  A  telluride  of  gold  and  silver,  {(Au,  Ag)Te2},  of  a  steel 
  gray,  silver  white,  or  brass  yellow.  It  often  occurs  in 
  implanted  crystals  resembling  written  characters,  and  hence 
  is  called  {graphic  tellurium}.  H.,  1.5-2.  Sp.gr.,  7.9-8.3. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sylvanite  \Syl"van*ite\,  n.  [So  called  from  Transylvania,  where 
  it  was  first  found.]  (Min.) 
  A  mineral,  a  telluride  of  gold  and  silver,  of  a  steel-gray, 
  silver-white,  or  brass-yellow  color.  It  often  occurs  in 
  implanted  crystals  resembling  written  characters,  and  hence 
  is  called  {graphic  tellurium}.  [Written  also  {silvanite}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sylvanite 
  n  :  a  silver-white  mineral  consisting  of  silver  gold  telluride; 
  a  source  of  gold  in  Australia  and  America  [syn:  {graphic 
  tellurium}] 




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