Category:Sylvanite

Syl"van*ite, n. Etym: [so called from transylvania, where it was First found.] (min.)

Defn: 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.]