sperrylite

English

Etymology

Named after American chemist Francis Louis Sperry (1861–1906), +‎ -lite.

Noun

sperrylite (countable and uncountable, plural sperrylites)

1. (mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sperrylite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “sperrylite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.