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Definition of: sylvanite
(sil′vən·īt) noun
A metallic, steel–gray to silver–white telluride of gold or silver, crystallizing in the monoclinic system; when the crystals are arranged in patterns suggesting runic symbols, it is called graphic gold, graphic tellurium. [from (TRAN)SYLVAN(IA) + -ITE1]
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