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schrei·ber·site       [shrahy-ber-sahyt, -zahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni)3P, found only in meteorites.
[Origin: 1840–50; < G Schreibersit, named after Carl von Schreibers, Viennese official; see -ite1]
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Schreibersite

Schrei"bers*ite\, n. [Named after Carl von Schreibers, of Vienna.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.

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