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stony meteorite

noun

  1. any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.


stony meteorite

noun

  1. a meteorite composed mainly of silicates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


stony meteorite

  1. See under meteorite


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This body differs very much from the more ordinary kind of stony meteorite.

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