sylvanite

noun

syl·​van·​ite

variants or less commonly silvanite

ˈsilvəˌnīt

plural -s

: a mineral (Au,Ag)Te₂ consisting of a gold silver telluride, having a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow color, and often occurring in implanted crystals resembling written characters (hardness 1.5–2 specific gravity 7.9–8.3)

called also graphic tellurium

sylvanitic

¦⸗⸗¦nitik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

French sylvanite, from sylvane sylvanite (from Transylvania, its locality) + -ite

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