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sperrylite
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sperrylite, n. [Named after F. L. Sperry, who discovered it.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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