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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Etymol. uncertain.]

(Min.)

A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.

See also: laurite

Laurite m

See also: Laurite

laurite ‎(uncountable)

(mineralogy) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon, with the chemical formula Ru S₂.

↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997