Telluric silver explained

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] as well as to chemical compounds of similar composition.^[2] It may refer to:

In mineralogy

• 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 glance — Sylvanite, 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 blende — Empressite, 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).

In chemistry

• 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 AgTe, — conditionally corresponding to the mineral Hessite.
• Telluric silver — pentasilver tritelluride, a binary inorganic compound of silver and tellurium, dark crystals with the formula AgTe, — conditionally corresponding to the mineral Stützite.

See also

• Telluro-silver glance
• Tellurium
• Silver (disambiguation)
• Glances

Notes and References

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 . 10.2475/ajs.s2-45.135.305 . 0002-9599.