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Answer for the clue "A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride ", 9 letters:
sylvanite

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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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context mineralogy English) silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in colour from steely gray to almost white.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sylvanite or silver gold telluride , ( Ag , Au ) Te , is the most common telluride of gold .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America [syn: graphic tellurium ]