How much tellurium is on Earth?

I doubt anybody knows the exact amount of tellurium present on Earth, but we do know it is fairly rare. Tellurium accounts for about 0.000 000 099 % of Earth's crust, by mass. In other words, for every metric ton (1000 kg) of crust material, you might expect to find about 1 milligram of tellurium. read more

Tellurium accounts for about 0.000 000 099 % of Earth’s crust, by mass. In other words, for every metric ton (1000 kg) of crust material, you might expect to find about 1 milligram of tellurium. By comparison, gold is about three times more common than tellurium. read more

Tellurium is a chemical element with symbol Te and atomic number 52. It is a brittle, mildly toxic, rare, silver-white metalloid. Tellurium is chemically related to selenium and sulfur. It is occasionally found in native form as elemental crystals. Tellurium is far more common in the universe as a whole than on Earth. read more

Klaproth named the new element tellurium. The name comes from the Latin word ‘tellus’ meaning Earth. It took a further 34 years for the chemistry of tellurium to be investigated. In 1832, in Stockholm, Sweden, Jons Jacob Berzelius made a detailed study of the element and its compounds. read more