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People: Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Topic: Portugal, Spanish invasion of (1762)
Location: Al-Qatif Ash-Sharqiyah Saudi Arabia

A new element (now known to be …

Years: 1782 - 1782

A new element (now known to be tellurium) is discovered alloyed with gold in 1782 by Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, an Austrian mining inspector in Transylvania.

Mineralogists name it aurum paradoxicum or aurum problematicum.