schreibersite

[ shrahy-ber-sahyt, -zahyt ]

noun
  1. a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni)3P, found only in meteorites.

Origin of schreibersite

1
1840–50; <German Schreibersit, named after Carl von Schreibers, Viennese official; see -ite1

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