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A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

nation of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] Berzelius.

A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride.

d metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.

A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite.

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.]

A telluride. [Obsoles.]

tellurized. [Written also telluretted.] [Obsoles.] Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also tellurhydric acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Calles also telluric bismuth.