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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A meteorite intermediate in character between the stones (aerolites) and the irons (siderites), characterized by nickeliferous iron which forms a coherent mass even in sections, the silicates present appearing as separate grains: by many authors included under the broader term siderolite (which see). See also meteorite.

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