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SPERRYLITE
Sper "
ry
*
lite,
n.
Etym:
[
Named
after
F.
L. Sperry,
who
discovered
it.
]
(
Min.
)
Defn:
An
arsenide
of
platinum
occuring
in
grains
and
minute
isometric
crystals
of
tin-white
color.
It
is
found
near
Sudbury,
Ontario
Canada,
and
is
the
only
known
compound
of
platinum
occuring
in
nature.
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