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sperrylite

sperrylite noun: an isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.

Noun

sperrylite (countable and uncountable, plural sperrylites)

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

Forms of sperrylite

pluralsperrylites

Origin of sperrylite

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

Questions about sperrylite

What does sperrylite mean?
Sperrylite means an isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.
What part of speech is sperrylite?
Sperrylite is a noun.
What is the plural of sperrylite?
The plural of sperrylite is sperrylites.

Words near sperrylite in the dictionary

  1. Sperri
  2. Sperring
  3. sperrit
  4. sperrits
  5. Sperry
  6. sperrylite
  7. sperrylites
  8. Sperrys
  9. Spers
  10. sperse
  11. spersed

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