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  1. Sylvanite
    Sylvanite is a rare ore of gold, silver, and tellurium of a steel grey, silver white, or brass yellow colour, formed in low temperature hydrothermal veins. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. It is associated with calaverite and...
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  2. sylvanite
    [n] - a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride
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  3. Sylvanite
    Syl'van·ite noun [ So called from Tran sylvania , 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 cha...
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  4. Sylvanite
    Syl'van·ite noun [ Fr. Tran sylvania , where first found.] (Min.) A telluride of gold and silver, (Au, Ag)Te 2 , of a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, a...
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  5. sylvanite
    <chemical> A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow colour. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. ... Alternative forms: silvanite. ... Origin: So called from Transylvania, wh...
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  6. sylvanite
    graphic tellurium noun a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America
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  7. Sylvanite
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a...
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  8. sylvanite
    a gold and silver telluride mineral [(Au,Ag)Te2] in which the ratio of gold to silver atoms is commonly close to 1:1. It is a member of the ... [1 related articles]
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  9. Sylvanite
    Sylvanite or silver gold telluride, (Ag,Au)Te2, is the most common telluride of gold. ==Properties== The gold:silver ratio varies from 3:1 to 1:1. It is a metallic mineral with a color that ranges from a steely gray to almost white. It is closely related to calaverite, which is more purely gold tel...
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  10. sylvanite
    1) Graphic tellurium 2) Mineral
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