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A source of gold in Australia and America
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sylvanite
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Sylvanite or silver gold telluride , ( Ag , Au ) Te , is the most common telluride of gold .
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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 ...
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n. (context mineralogy English) silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in colour from steely gray to almost white.
WordNet
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n. a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America [syn: graphic tellurium ]