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sperrylite Min.|ˈspɛrɪlaɪt|
[f. the name of Francis L. Sperry (c 1862–1906), U.S. chemist + -ite1.]
Platinum arsenide, PtAs2, found as opaque greyish-white isometric crystals.
1889H. L. Wells in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CXXXVII. 67 (heading) Sperrylite, a new mineral. 1902H. A. Miers Mineral. ii. 332 Sperrylite, the only natural compound of platinum, occurs as brilliant microscopic crystals..in a nickeliferous ore consisting of various sulphides, at Sudbury in Ontario. 1926Mineral Mag. XXI. 94 A very fine and unusual crystal of sperrylite..came from a new adit on the Tweefontein farm..about 10 miles NNW. of Potgietersrust, Waterberg district, Transvaal. 1975Canad. Mineralogist XIII. 327/2 Sperrylite is a common mineral in many platinum-bearing deposits. |