different between tellurium vs rajite

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?lyo?or'??m, IPA^(key): /t??lj???i?m/

Etymology 1

Latin tell?s (“earth”) +? -ium

Noun

tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)

1. (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• sylvanium (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• chalcogen

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• calaverite
• nagyagite
• sylvanite

Etymology 2

Latin tellus (“earth”).

Noun

tellurium

1. A variant spelling of tellurion.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Tellurium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “tellurium”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Danish

Noun

tellurium

1. tellurium

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tellurium n (uncountable)

1. tellurium

Synonyms

• telluur

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tel?lu?.ri.um/, [t??l??l?u??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tel?lu.ri.um/, [t??l?lu??ium]

Noun

tell?rium n (genitive tell?ri?); second declension

1. (New Latin) tellurium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurier, definite plural telluria or telluriene)

1. tellurion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurium, definite plural telluria)

1. tellurion

English

Etymology

Named in honour of Dr. Robert Allen Jenkins (born 1944), discoverer of the mineral in his role as mineralogist with the Phelps Dodge Corporation; initials R.A.J. +? -ite.

Noun

rajite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic green mineral containing copper, oxygen, and tellurium.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Rajite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database