Etymology

schreibersite

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Today it means: A tetragonal iron nickel phosphide mineral most commonly found in meteorites. Full definition →

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From Schreibers + -ite, after Austrian scientist Karl Franz Anton von Schreibers (1775-1852).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.