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sylvanite
[ sil-vuh-nahyt ]
noun
- a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
sylvanite
/ 藞蝉瑟濒惫蓹藢苍补瑟迟 /
noun
- a silver-white mineral consisting of a telluride of gold and silver in the form of elongated striated crystals: a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: (Au,Ag)Te 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sylvanite1
1790鈥1800; named after Transylvania; -ite 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sylvanite1
C18: from ( Tran ) sylvan ( ia ) + -ite 1, with reference to the region where it was first found
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Chunks of sylvanite that sweat gold in the fire.
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Experience counts a lot, of course, but I do know something about sylvanite, or white gold.
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But the strikes were rich because sylvanite is one of the richest of all gold ores.
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This side the exposed reef may have been ground down below the sylvanite.
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He 'lows it's sylvanite, same as they have over to Boulder County in Colorado.
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