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Tellurite

Tel′lu-rite

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Noun.
1.
(Chem.)
A salt of tellurous acid.
2.
(Min.)
Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.

Definition 2024

tellurite

tellurite

English

Noun

tellurite ‎(uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A yellowish mineral, tellurium dioxide (TeO2).

Etymology 2

Noun

tellurite ‎(plural tellurites)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion TeO32- derived from tellurous acid; any salt containing this anion.
  1. ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Etymology

Named in 1849 because of its chemical composition.[1]

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