sperrylite

English

Etymology

Named after American chemist Francis Louis Sperry (1861–1906), +‎ -lite.

Noun

sperrylite (countable and uncountable, plural sperrylites)

  1. (mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.

Further reading
  • “Sperrylite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “sperrylite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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