noun
- a rare platinum arsenide mineral that is the primary ore of platinum
Usage: mineralogy
Examples
- Sperrylite was first discovered in the Sudbury Basin of Ontario, Canada.
- The mining company extracted platinum from sperrylite deposits.
- Sperrylite crystals have a metallic luster and cubic structure.
- Geologists identified sperrylite as the main platinum-bearing mineral in the ore sample.
- The sperrylite specimen displayed the characteristic tin-white color of the mineral.