SYLVANITE

sylvanite, graphic tellurium

(noun) a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sylvanite (plural sylvanites)

(mineral) Silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in colour from steely gray to almost white.

Source: Wiktionary


Syl"van*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Min.)

Definition: 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 characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. [Written also silvanite.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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