Telluric silver (German: telluriumsilber, tellursilber) — is an obsolete trivial name, which collectors and mineral traders, miners, geologists and representatives of other applied professions actually applied to several rare ore minerals, tellurides of silver,[1]: 338  as well as to chemical compounds of similar composition.[2] It may refer to:

Telluric silver
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In mineralogy

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  • Telluric silver or telluric silver glance — is Hessite, a rare ore mineral, silver telluride. Discovered and described in 1829, in the mines of Western Altai.
  • Telluric silver or telluric silver-gold glance — is Petzite, a rare ore mineral close to hessite, a mixed telluride of silver and gold.
  • Telluric silver (rare) or telluric silver glanceSylvanite, a rare ore mineral mixed with gold and silver telluride, first found and described in Transylvania and was named after the place where it was discovered.
  • Telluric silver (rare) or telluric silver blendeEmpressite, a rare ore mineral, also silver telluride in composition. Discovered and described in 1914, at the Empress Josephine mine (English: Empress Josephine), Colorado.
  • Telluric silver (rare) — Stützite, a rare ore mineral, also silver telluride in composition. Discovered and described in 1951 using a museum sample of a mineral from the Sacarambe mine (Romania).
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In chemistry

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  • Telluric silver — silver telluride, a binary inorganic compound of silver and tellurium, fawn crystals with the formula AgTe, — conditionally corresponding to the mineral Empressite.
  • Telluric silver — silver telluride, a binary inorganic compound of silver and tellurium, gray or black crystals with the formula Ag2Te, — conditionally corresponding to the mineral Hessite.
  • Telluric silver — pentasilver tritelluride, a binary inorganic compound of silver and tellurium, dark crystals with the formula Ag5Te3, — conditionally corresponding to the mineral Stützite.

References

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  1. ^ Krivovichev V. G. Mineralogical glossary. Scientific editor A. G. Bulakh. — St.Petersburg: St.Petersburg Univ. Publ. House. 2009. 556 p. — ISBN 978-5-288-04863-0
  2. ^ Genth, F. A. (1868-05-01). "Contributions to mineralogy; No. VII". American Journal of Science. s2-45 (135): 305–321. doi:10.2475/ajs.s2-45.135.305. ISSN 0002-9599.

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