SPERRYLITE


Meaning of SPERRYLITE in English

/sper"euh luyt'/ , n.

a mineral, platinum arsenide, PtAs 2 , occurring in minute tin-white crystals, usually cubes: a minor ore of platinum.

[ 1905-10; named after F. L. Sperry, 19th-century Canadian chemist, who found it; see -LITE ]

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