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Webster 1913 Edition


Schreibersite

Schrei′bers-ite

,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024


schreibersite

schreibersite

English

Noun

schreibersite (countable and uncountable, plural schreibersites)

  1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal iron nickel phosphide mineral most commonly found in meteorites.