Laurite


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Lau´rite


n.1.(Min.) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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For her part, Laurite al-Khouri from Kafarm village in Homs countryside said that many of the Syrian expatriates returned to the village in order to celebrate Dormition of Mary feast with their relatives after the homeland had recovered from terrorism.
He told that at every week they invite a Nobel laurite to address the young student of the students that instills a new energy in them.
The main criticism has come from none other than Joseph Stiglitz, a noble laurite economist who is considered to be one of the insider of Neoliberalism.
Granny Laurite gives her gently amusing pep talks in her French Creole accent.
These include braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, laurite [RuS.sub.2], mertieite-II [Pd.sub.8][(Sb,As).sub.3], and native platinum Pt.