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sper⋅ry⋅lite

  [sper-uh-lahyt]
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–noun
a mineral, platinum arsenide, PtAs2, occurring in minute tin-white crystals, usually cubes: a minor ore of platinum.
Origin:
1905–10; named after F. L. Sperry, 19th-century Canadian chemist, who found it; see -lite
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sper·ry·lite   (spěr'ĭ-līt')   
n.  A white crystalline platinum mineral, essentially PtAs2.

[After Francis Louis Sperry (died 1906), Canadian chemist.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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