Min. [f. Calaveras in California (where first found) + -ITE.] A tellurid of gold, or of gold and silver, bronze-yellow, massive, and without crystalline structure.
1868. Dana, Min., 795 (Supp.). Calaverite is frequently associated with petzite.
1874. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XIV. 229. Calaverite … is associated with sylvanite and quartz.
