1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus VII. 297 White tellurium.
1855 J. D. Dana (ed. 7) 377 The mines of western Transylvania... Ores. Native gold, telluric gold, telluric silver, white tellurium.
1922 W. B. Hepburn (ed. 2) x. 74 White tellurium, (AuAgPb).(TeSb)3, Petzite, Ag2Te2Au2Te, also contain sufficient gold to repay treatment.