The mineral schreibersite, (Fe,Ni)3P, provides a reactive source of phosphorus capable of forming
phosphorylated molecules. These molecules may have been an important component of prebiotic
chemistry, allowing their build-up and eventual commencement of autopoiesis. Discussed here are
potential geochemical routes to providing schreibersite, as a potentially important prebiotic mineral, to
the Hadean Earth. Two routes are identified: delivery of phosphides by meteoritic material and the
reduction of phosphates to phosphides by high-temperature, low-redox conditions. About 1e10% of all
crustal phosphorus is estimated to have been in schreibersite during the Hadean, making the long-term
reaction of this mineral with organic-laden water plausible for many years. Ultimately, such conditions
would have been conducive to the formation of life as we know it today.