Hypertext Webster Gateway: "silvanite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silvanite \Sil"van*ite\, n. (Min.)
See {Sylvanite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sylvanite \Syl"van*ite\, n. [So called from Transylvania, where
it was first found.] (Min.)
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}.]
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