According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
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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