The phosphorus budget of planets is intertwined with their formation history and is thought to influence their habitability.
schreibersite
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Creation of an Fe3P Schreibersite Density Functional Tight Binding Model for Astrobiological Simulations
The mineral schreibersite, e.g., Fe3P, is commonly found in iron-rich meteorites and could have served as an abiotic phosphorus source for prebiotic chemistry.