schreibersite
a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni)3P, found only in meteorites.
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Phosphorus in the mineral schreibersite is highly reduced, which means it’s not tightly bound to oxygen in the mineral.
Readers weigh in on microbes traveling by smoke, ‘Oumuamua and more | Science News Staff | May 30, 2021 | Science NewsFrom there it was just a matter of calculating how much schreibersite could have been produced by lightning billions of years ago, around the time the first life emerged on Earth.
How lightning strikes could explain the origin of life—on Earth and elsewhere | Neel Patel | March 17, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIt’s not completely clear there was enough rock exposed to the air—where it could be hit by lightning and lead to schreibersite production—to make phosphorus available.
How lightning strikes could explain the origin of life—on Earth and elsewhere | Neel Patel | March 17, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe planet needed a lot of phosphorus-containing schreibersite to sustain life.
How lightning strikes could explain the origin of life—on Earth and elsewhere | Neel Patel | March 17, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewOne potential source of phosphorus on the early Earth is the unusual mineral schreibersite, which is found in small amounts in meteorites.
Origin of Life: Lightning Strikes May Have Provided Missing Ingredient for Earth’s First Organisms | Benjamin Hess | March 17, 2021 | Singularity Hub
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