A shekara ta 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev ya yi hasashen wanzuwarsa da kuma wasu daga cikin kaddarorinsa daga matsayinsa a kan teburinsa na lokaci-lokaci, kuma ya kira shi ekasilicon. Kusan shekaru biyu bayan haka, a 1886, Clemens Winkler ya sami sabon abu tare da azurfa da sulfur, a cikin wani ma'adinai mai ban mamaki da ake kira argyrodite. Ko da yake sabon abu ya yi kama da arsenic da antimony a cikin bayyanar, haɗuwa a cikin mahadi sun yarda da tsinkaya na Mendeleev don dangi na silicon. Winkler ya kira wannan abu bayan kasarsa, Jamus. A yau, ana amfani da germanium daga ma'adinai na farko na spite (half na azurfa), ko da yake an sake dawo da shi daga ƙarfe ko zinc. Tambaya: A cikin shekara ta 1886, Mendeleev ya gano sabon abu tare da azurfa da sulfur, a cikin wani ma'adinai mai mahimmanci da ake kira argyrodite.
Shekara ta 1869