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width: 119px;"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/photo-82646.html"><img width="119" height="138" src="/web/20160404080340im_/http://www.mindat.org/arphotos/176h204-0086987001317449336.jpg"></a><div class="userbigpicturecomment"><b><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html">Sperrylite</a></b><br><br><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/loc-2751.html">Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia</a></div></div><div class="userbigpicture noborder" style="float: left; width: 118px;"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/photo-39031.html"><img width="118" height="138" src="/web/20160404080340im_/http://www.mindat.org/arphotos/174h204-0498824001128444151.jpg"></a><div class="userbigpicturecomment"><b><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html">Sperrylite</a></b><br><br><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/loc-2751.html">Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia</a></div></div><div class="userbigpicture noborder" style="float: left; width: 245px;"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/photo-445589.html"><img width="245" height="138" src="/web/20160404080340im_/http://www.mindat.org/arphotos/362h204-0023328001329245574.jpg"></a><div class="userbigpicturecomment"><b><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html">Sperrylite</a></b><br><br><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/loc-559.html">Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada</a></div></div><div class="clearer"></div></div></div><div class="minpagephotobox hidetablet hidepc"><div class="newpicbox "><div class="userbigpicture noborder" style="float: left; width: 316px;"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/photo-442019.html"><img width="316" src="/web/20160404080340im_/http://www.mindat.org/arphotos/316-0049184001327889558.jpg"></a><div class="userbigpicturecomment"><b><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html">Sperrylite</a>, etc.</b><br><br><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/loc-195798.html">Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada</a></div></div><div class="userbigpicture noborder" style="float: left; width: 316px;"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/photo-82646.html"><img width="316" src="/web/20160404080340im_/http://www.mindat.org/arphotos/316-0086987001317449336.jpg"></a><div class="userbigpicturecomment"><b><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html">Sperrylite</a></b><br><br><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/loc-2751.html">Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia</a></div></div><div class="clearer"></div></div></div><div><div id="introdata"><div><span>Formula:</span><div class="twocol"><span class="newformula">PtAs<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></div></div><div><span>System:</span><div>Isometric</div></div><div><span>Colour:</span><div>Tin-white</div></div><div><span>Hardness:</span><div>6 - 7</div></div><div><span>Member of:</span><div><a href="min-9258.html">Pyrite Group</a></div></div><div><span>Name:</span><div class="twocol">Named after Francis Louis Sperry (1861-1906), chemist at Sudbury, Ontario, who discovered the mineral.</div></div></div></div><div class="clearer"></div><div class="padder4"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-9258.html">Pyrite Group</a><br></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Classification of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/IMA_status">IMA status:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="strunz8.php">Strunz 8th ed.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">2/D.17-120<br></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="strunz.php">Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">2.EB.05a<br><br>2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)<br>E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2<br>B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="dana.php">Dana 8th ed.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">2.12.1.13<br><br>2 : SULFIDES<br>12 : A<sub>m</sub>B<sub>n</sub>X<sub>p</sub>, with (m+n):p = 1:2</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="cim.php">Hey's CIM Ref.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">3.12.50<br><br>3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)<br>12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">mindat.org URL:</div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html">http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html</a><br>Please feel free to link to this page.</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Type Occurrence of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/type_locality">Type Locality:</a></div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="loc-559.html">Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada</a></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Year of Discovery:</div><div class="mindatam2">1889</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Occurrences of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Geological Setting:</div><div class="mindatam2">Platinum deposits.</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Physical Properties of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/lustre">Lustre:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">Metallic</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Diaphaneity (Transparency):</div><div class="mindatam2">Opaque</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Colour:</div><div class="mindatam2">Tin-white</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Streak:</div><div class="mindatam2">Dark grey to black</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Hardness (Mohs):</div><div class="mindatam2">6 - 7</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Hardness (Vickers):</div><div class="mindatam2">VHN<sub>100</sub>=960 - 1277 kg/mm<sup>2</sup> </div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Tenacity:</div><div class="mindatam2">Brittle</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Cleavage:</div><div class="mindatam2">Poor/Indistinct<br>Indistinct on {001}</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Fracture:</div><div class="mindatam2">Conchoidal</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Density:</div><div class="mindatam2">10.58 g/cm<sup>3</sup> (Measured)    10.78 g/cm<sup>3</sup> (Calculated)</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Crystallography of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Crystal System:</div><div class="mindatam2">Isometric</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Class (H-M):</div><div class="mindatam2"><i>m</i>3<i> </i><i>(</i>2/<i>m</i><i> </i><span class="o">3</span><i>)</i> - Diploidal</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Space Group:</div><div class="mindatam2"><i>P</i><i>a</i>3<i> </i></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Cell Parameters:</div><div class="mindatam2">a = 5.967Å<br></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Unit Cell Volume:</div><div class="mindatam2">V 212.46 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Z:</div><div class="mindatam2">4</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Morphology:</div><div class="mindatam2">Cubes and cubo-octahedrons</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Crystallographic forms of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Crystal Atlas:</div><div class="mindatam2"><div id="xtlbox"> <div id="xtlboximage"> <div id="waitxtl">Image Loading</div> <img id="xtlboximagefile" src="/web/20160404080340im_/http://www.mindat.org/min-3723.html" onload="msghide('waitxtl');"> </div> <div id="xtlbox3d"> <script src="/web/20160404080340js_/http://www.mindat.org/js/jsc3d.js"></script> <script src="/web/20160404080340js_/http://www.mindat.org/js/smorf3d.js"></script> <canvas id="cv" style="float:left; " width="350" height="350"></canvas> <script> var canvas = document.getElementById('cv'); var smorf = new Smorf(canvas); smorf.setParameter('backgroundcolor', '#ffffff'); smorf.setParameter('axes', false); smorf.setParameter('rotation', '-20'); smorf.setParameter('filename', 'Sperrylite_4.smorf.bin'); smorf.setParameter('files_directory', '__crystals'); smorf.setParameter('definition', 'high'); smorf.init(); </script></div> </div> <div class="xtlscroll"> <b>Click on an icon to view</b><br> <div class="xtlscrollline"><div class="xtlscroll2d"> </div><div class="xtlscroll3d"> <a href="javascript:;" onclick="swapcrystal('Sperrylite_4', 'smorf', '{111}, Modified<br />Locality: Caler Fork, Macon County, North Carolina, USA<br />Hidden and Pratt, 1898. 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Goldschmidt, Atlas der Krystallformen, 1913-1923."); </script> </div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Optical Data of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Type:</div><div class="mindatam2">Isotropic</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Chemical Properties of Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Formula:</div><div class="mindatam2"><span class="newformula">PtAs<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">All elements listed in formula:</div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/element/Arsenic">As</a>, <a href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/element/Platinum">Pt</a> - <a href="chemsearch.php?inc=AsPt,">search for minerals with similar chemistry</a></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Common Impurities:</div><div class="mindatam2">Ir,Rh,Fe,Cu,Sb</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Relationship of Sperrylite to other Species</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Member of:</div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="min-9258.html">Pyrite Group</a></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Other Members of Group:</div><div class="mindatam2"><table class="grouptable gtshift"><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-430.html">Aurostibite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">AuSb<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-920.html">Cattierite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">CoS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-6907.html">Dzharkenite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">FeSe<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1401.html">Erlichmanite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">OsS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1620.html">Fukuchilite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">Cu<sub class="newformsub">3</sub>FeS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">8</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-6963.html">Gaotaiite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">Ir<sub class="newformsub">3</sub>Te<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">8</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1687.html">Geversite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">PtSb<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1831.html">Hauerite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">MnS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2035.html">Insizwaite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">Pt(Bi,Sb)<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2279.html">Krut'aite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">CuSe<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2344.html">Laurite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">RuS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-3151.html">Penroseite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Ni,Co,Cu)Se<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-3314.html">Pyrite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">FeS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-4028.html">Trogtalite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">CoSe<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-4133.html">Vaesite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">NiS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-4180.html">Villamaninite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="strunz.php">Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):</a></div><div class="mindatam2"><table class="grouptable"><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.05a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-430.html">Aurostibite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">AuSb<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.05b</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-502.html">Bambollaite</a></td><td class="m"><span 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newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.05a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1831.html">Hauerite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">MnS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.05a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2035.html">Insizwaite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">Pt(Bi,Sb)<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.05a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2279.html">Krut'aite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">CuSe<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.05a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2344.html">Laurite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">RuS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td 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class="mw6em">2.EB.10a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2571.html">Marcasite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">FeS<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.10a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2595.html">Mattagamite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">CoTe<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.10e</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-3085.html">Paracostibite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">CoSbS</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.10e</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-3106.html">Pararammelsbergite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">NiAs<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.10f</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-7201.html">Oenite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">CoSbAs</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.15a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-227.html">Anduoite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">(Ru,Os)As<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.15a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1083.html">Clinosafflorite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">CoAs<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.15a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2426.html">Löllingite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">FeAs<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.15a</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2914.html">Nisbite</a></td><td class="m"><span class="newformula">NiSb<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">2.EB.15a</td><td 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class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.59</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-3034.html">Osarsite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Os,Ru)AsS</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.60</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2164.html">Kashinite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Ir,Rh)<sub class="newformsub">2</sub>S<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">3</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.61</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2022.html">Inaglyite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">Cu<sub class="newformsub">3</sub>Pb(Ir,Pt)<sub class="newformsub">8</sub>S<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">16</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.62</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-1186.html">Cuproiridsite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Cu,Fe)Ir<sub class="newformsub">2</sub>S<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">4</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.63</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2044.html">Iridarsenite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Ir,Ru)As<sup class="newformsup newformabs"></sup><sub class="newformsub">2</sub></span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.64</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-2042.html">Irarsite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw6em">3.12.65</td><td class="mw12em"><a href="min-3991.html">Tolovkite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">IrSbS</span></td></tr></table></div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Other Names for Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Name in Other Languages:</div><div class="mindatam2"><div class="newgrouptable3"><div><b>German:</b><span><a href="min-18095.html">Sperrylith</a></span></div><div><b>Russian:</b><span><a href="min-34752.html">Сперрилит</a></span></div><div><b>Simplified Chinese:</b><span><a href="min-40700.html">砷铂矿</a></span></div><div><b>Spanish:</b><span><a href="min-18096.html">Sperrylita</a></span></div><div><b>Traditional Chinese:</b><span><a href="min-44571.html">砷鉑礦</a></span></div></div></div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Other Information</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Health Risks:</div><div class="mindatam2">No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Industrial Uses:</div><div class="mindatam2">Ore of platinum</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">References for Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Reference List:</div><div class="mindatam2"><div id="minreflist"></div>Wells H.L. (1889), American Journal of Science: 37: 67-70.<br/> <br/> Penfield (1889) American Journal of Science: 37: 71.<br/> <br/> Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 292-293.<br/> <br/> Economic Geology (1976): 71: 1299.<br/> <br/> Szymański, J.T. (1979) The crystal structure of platarsite, Pt(As,S)2, and a comparison with sperrylite, PtAs2. Canadian Mineralogist: 17: 117-123.<br/> <br/> Canadian Mineralogist (1980): 18: 563.<br/> <br/> Izokh, A.E. and Mayorova, O.N. (1990) A rhodium-bearing sperrylite from the Nomgon complex (Mongolia). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 313: 1212-1215 (in Russian).<br/> </div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Internet Links for Sperrylite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Search Engines:</div><div class="mindatam2"> <form method="get" name="googleform" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20160404080340/http://www.google.com/custom" target="_blank"> <input type="hidden" name="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="sperrylite"></input> <input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-7737835674400043"></input> <input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;"></input> <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en"></input> </form> <li><a href="#" onclick="document.googleform.submit();">Look for Sperrylite on Google</a></li>  <li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tL2ltYWdlcz9xPXNwZXJyeWxpdGU%3D">Look for Sperrylite images on Google</a></li></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">External Links:</div><div class="mindatam2"><li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53ZWJtaW5lcmFsLmNvbS9kYXRhL1NwZXJyeWxpdGUuc2h0bWw%3D">Look for Sperrylite on Webmineral</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9TcGVycnlsaXRl">Look for Sperrylite on Wikipedia</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5taW5lcmFsaWVuYXRsYXMuZGUvbGV4aWtvbi9pbmRleC5waHAvU3BlcnJ5bGl0ZT9sYW5nPWVu">Look for Sperrylite on Mineralien Atlas</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3JydWZmLmdlby5hcml6b25hLmVkdS9ycnVmZi9uZXdfcnJ1ZmYvY29uc3RydWN0b3IucGhwP3R4dF9taW5lcmFsPXNwZXJyeWxpdGUmc2VsX2NoZW1pc3RyeV9pbmNsX2Jvb2w9YW5kJnR4dF9jaGVtaXN0cnlfaW5jbD0mc2VsX2NoZW1pc3RyeV9leGNsX2Jvb2w9YW5kJnR4dF9jaGVtaXN0cnlfZXhjbD0mc2VsX2dlbmVyYWxfYm9vbD1hbmQmdHh0X2dlbmVyYWw9JnNlbF9zb3J0PW5hbWVzJnNlbF9zb3J0X2Rpcj1hc2MmbGltaXQ9MTAwMDAwJm9mZnNldD0wJnI9c2FtcGxlX3NlYXJjaCZuZXdfc2FtcGxlX3NlYXJjaD0x">Raman and XRD data at RRUFF project</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3JydWZmLmdlby5hcml6b25hLmVkdS9BTVMvcmVzdWx0LnBocD9taW5lcmFsPXNwZXJyeWxpdGU%3D">American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="/web/20160404080340/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3JydWZmLmdlby5hcml6b25hLmVkdS9kb2NsaWIvaG9tL3NwZXJyeWxpdGUucGRm">Sperrylite details from Handbook of Mineralogy (PDF)</a></li></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Mineral Dealers:</div><div class="mindatam2"><li><a target="_blank" href="minclick.php?cid=1402&m=Sperrylite"><b>Wendel Minerals - 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