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sperrylite

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sperrylite [′sperĀ·ē‚līt]
(mineralogy)
PtAs2A tin-white isometric mineral composed of platinum arsenide; the only platinum compound known to occur in nature; hardness is 6-7 on Mohs scale, and specific gravity is 10.60.


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Petrographic (laboratory) studies have identified the PGE host minerals to be kotulskite (a palladium-tellurium-bismuth mineral) and sperrylite (a platinum-arsenide mineral).
 
 
 
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