braggite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Bragg + -ite, named after Sir William Henry Bragg and Professor William Lawrence Bragg, pioneers in the X-ray investigations of crystals.
Noun
[edit]braggite
- (mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Braggite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.