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cooperite

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[koo-puh-rahyt] / ˈku pəˌraɪt /

noun

  1. a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.


Etymology

Origin of cooperite

After R. A. Cooper, who described it in 1920; see -ite 1

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