braggite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.

Word forms

braggite

Etymology

From Bragg + -ite, named after Sir William Henry Bragg and Professor William Lawrence Bragg, pioneers in the X-ray investigations of crystals.

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