perryite
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perry + -ite, named after American newspaperman and leading private collector of meteorites Stuart Hoffman Perry (1874–1957).
Noun
[edit]perryite
- (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal gray white mineral containing iron, nickel, phosphorus, and silicon.
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Perryite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.