Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rare tellurid of gold, occurring massive, of a bronze-yellow color and metallic luster, first found in Calaveras county, California.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral form of gold telluride AuTe2.
Etymologies
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calaver + -ite
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Examples
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The most common gold telluride mineral is called calaverite (AuTe2).
Tellurium 2008
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A small part of the world's supply is obtained from the gold-silver tellurides -- calaverite, sylvanite, krennerite, and petzite.
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The weight of the gold extracted from the ore calaverite (Calaveras County, California) might be expressed in troy weight, after Troyes, France, a mercantile center where weight standards were established.
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