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Formula: Ni2P
Phosphide of nickel, forms a solid-solution series with
barringerite
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Specific gravity: 7.30 calculated
Magnetism: Non ferromagnetic
Environments
Metamorphic environments
Meteorites
Transjordanite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2013. it occurs in iron
meteorites, carbonaceous
chondrites and metamorphic environments.
Localities
At the Halamish wadi, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District, Israel, transjordanite was
discovered in the pyrometamorphic phosphide assemblages
(AM 105.3.428–436.
At the type locality, an unnamed phosphorite quarry, Daba-Siwaqa
complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan, transjordanite occurs as irregular grains to 0.2 mm
in the pyrometamorphic rocks. Associated minerals include troilite,
trevorite, pyrrhotite,
negevite, magnetite,
halamishite and calcite
(Mindat).
At the Cambria meteorite, Cambria Township, Niagara county, New York, USA, transjordanite has been confirmed
in the carbonaceous chondrite
(AM 105.3.428–436.
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