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Sylvanite definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SYL'VANITE, n. Native tellurium, a metallic substance recently discovered.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America [syn: sylvanite, graphic tellurium]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]