Sperrylite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sperrylite \Sper"ry*lite\, n.[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.


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