The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tellurium \Tel*lu"ri*um\, n. [NL., from L. tellus, -uris, the
earth.] (Chem.)
A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and
selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a
silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with
metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite,
with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight
125.2.
[1913 Webster]
Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite.
Tellurium glance (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also black
tellurium.
[1913 Webster]