laurite
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See also: Laurite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Laura R. Joy, wife of American chemist C. A. Joy. Named in 1866.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]laurite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon, with the chemical formula RuS2.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Laurite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “laurite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997