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    GRAPHIC TELLURIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    graphic tellurium; sylvanite

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("graphic tellurium" is a kind of...):

    mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

    Meronyms (substance of "graphic tellurium"):

    atomic number 79; Au; gold (a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia)

    atomic number 52; Te; tellurium (a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold)

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