Transjordanite
Transjordanite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the native element class, with the chemical formula Ni₂P.
It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system (space group P-62m). It is a member of the Barringerite structural group.
Key properties: specific gravity 7.3; Gray streak; Bright metallic luster.
IMA symbol Tjrd, IMA status: approved, named in 2013.
Found in a pyrometamorphic phosphide assemblage commonly confined to the interstices between calcined, unmelted sediments and paralavas (Daba-Siwaqa complex).
It is found associated with Murashkoite, zuktamrurite, negevite, halamishite, pyrrhotite, troilite, hematite, magnetite, Cu-bearing trevorite.
The name commemorates the Transjordan Plateau, Jordan, where the new mineral was discovered.