A mineral compound containing gold and tellurium elements combined together in crystalline form.
From Latin 'aureus' (golden) + 'tellurium' (the chemical element) + '-ite' (mineral suffix). The word combines the Latin name for gold with the modern element name to describe this rare mineral mixture.
Aurotellurite is one of the rarest gold minerals on Earth, and it was first discovered in the late 1800s in Romania—it's so uncommon that collectors prize even tiny samples worth more than their weight in gold!
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