[f. TELLUR-IUM + -ITE1 2 b, 4 b.]

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  1.  Min. Native oxide of tellurium, found in minute whitish or yellow crystals; telluric ochre.

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1799.  Monthly Rev., XXX. 349. Among the metals, are overlooked the Tellurite, the Chromite, and Titanite.

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1849.  Nicol, Min., 429.

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1868.  Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 188.

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  2.  Chem. A salt of tellurous acid.

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1847.  in Webster.

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1868.  Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 714. Tellurites. Tellurous acid forms, with the alkali-metals, neutral and acid salts analogous to the sulphites and selenites. Ibid. Tellurites are mostly fusible.

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1869.  Roscoe, Elem. Chem. (1871), 146. When tellurium or a tellurite is fused with nitre, potassium tellurate is formed.

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