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Webster 1913 Edition


Sperrylite

Sper′ry-lite

,
Noun.
[Named after F. L.
Sperry
, who discovered it.]
(Min.)
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.