Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rare tellurid of gold and silver occurring in orthorhombic crystals at Nagyag in Transylvania. Sometimes called
bunsenite .
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- noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-pyramidal creamy white
mineral containinggold andtellurium .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A small part of the world's supply is obtained from the gold-silver tellurides -- calaverite, sylvanite, krennerite, and petzite.
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