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cooperite

[ koo-puh-rahyt ]
/ ˈku pəˌraɪt /

noun

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

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Origin of cooperite

after R. A. Cooper, who described it in 1920; see -ite1

Words nearby cooperite

cooperative store, cooperativity, Cooper City, Cooper Creek, coopered joint, cooperite, Cooper, James Fenimore, Cooper pair, Cooper's hawk, Cooper's ligament, Cooperstown
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