Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite
In-fall of extraterrestrial material including meteorites and interstellar dust particles during the late heavy bombardment are known to have brought substantial amounts of reduced oxidation-state phosphorus to the early Earth in the form of siderophilic minerals, e.g., schreibersite ((FeNi)<sub&...
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| description | In-fall of extraterrestrial material including meteorites and interstellar dust particles during the late heavy bombardment are known to have brought substantial amounts of reduced oxidation-state phosphorus to the early Earth in the form of siderophilic minerals, e.g., schreibersite ((FeNi)<sub>3</sub>P). In this report, we present results on the reaction of meteoritic phosphide minerals in the Seymchan meteorite in ultrapure water for 8 years. The ions produced during schreibersite corrosion (phosphite, hypophosphate, pyrophosphate, and phosphate) are stable and persistent in aqueous solution over this timescale. These results were also compared with the short-term corrosion reactions of the meteoritic mineral schreibersite’s synthetic analog Fe<sub>3</sub>P in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions (ultrapure water and formamide). This finding suggests that the reduced-oxidation-state phosphorus (P) compounds including phosphite could be ubiquitous and stable on the early Earth over a long span of time and such compounds could be readily available on the early Earth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca60e0bf5d5e499e9dae3d10e72866122023-11-24T00:56:54ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292022-10-011210159110.3390/life12101591Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan MeteoriteMaheen Gull0Tian Feng1Matthew A. Pasek2School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33584, USASchool of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33584, USASchool of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33584, USAIn-fall of extraterrestrial material including meteorites and interstellar dust particles during the late heavy bombardment are known to have brought substantial amounts of reduced oxidation-state phosphorus to the early Earth in the form of siderophilic minerals, e.g., schreibersite ((FeNi)<sub>3</sub>P). In this report, we present results on the reaction of meteoritic phosphide minerals in the Seymchan meteorite in ultrapure water for 8 years. The ions produced during schreibersite corrosion (phosphite, hypophosphate, pyrophosphate, and phosphate) are stable and persistent in aqueous solution over this timescale. These results were also compared with the short-term corrosion reactions of the meteoritic mineral schreibersite’s synthetic analog Fe<sub>3</sub>P in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions (ultrapure water and formamide). This finding suggests that the reduced-oxidation-state phosphorus (P) compounds including phosphite could be ubiquitous and stable on the early Earth over a long span of time and such compounds could be readily available on the early Earth.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/10/1591phosphorusearly Earthorigin of lifemeteoritesphosphidesphosphite |
| spellingShingle | Maheen Gull Tian Feng Matthew A. Pasek Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite Life phosphorus early Earth origin of life meteorites phosphides phosphite |
| title | Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite |
| title_full | Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite |
| title_fullStr | Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite |
| title_full_unstemmed | Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite |
| title_short | Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite |
| title_sort | results of an eight year extraction of phosphorus minerals within the seymchan meteorite |
| topic | phosphorus early Earth origin of life meteorites phosphides phosphite |
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