braggiten.
/ˈbraɡʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
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1932 Bannister in Min. Mag. XXIII. 188 This being the first new mineral to be isolated and determined by X-ray methods, it may very appropriately be named braggite in honour of Sir William H. Bragg and his son Prof. W. L. Bragg, the pioneers of the new method for the investigation of crystals.
1940 C. M. Rice Dict. Geol. Terms 52/1 Braggite, sulphide of platinum, palladium, and nickel, (Pt, Pd, Ni) S, tetragonal, as minute grains in the concentrates of the Bushveld norite, Transvaal.
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