Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given by Daubrée to a class of meteoric stones, or aerolites, in which the grains of metallic iron are in relatively small quantity. See
meteorite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
meteorite characterised by a small amount ofmetallic iron .
Etymologies
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oligo- + siderite
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