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aerolite

American  
[air-uh-lahyt] / ˈɛər əˌlaɪt /
Also aerolith

noun

  1. a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.


aerolite British  
/ ˌɛərəˈlɪtɪk, ˈɛərəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals

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Etymology

Origin of aerolite

First recorded in 1805–15; aero- + -lite

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Last week Harvey Harlow Nininger, Colorado meteorite expert, revealed discovery of a 700-lb. aerolite by a farmer near Hugoton, Kans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buried a yard deep in the ground, it was the most massive aerolite ever turned up in that State.*

From Time Magazine Archive

The next morning there was nothing better to do than to go with my companions to look after the aerolite.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker

It is remarkable that a male emblem should be said to represent Venus, but the stone was an aerolite, like that which fell at Ephesus, and was said to represent Diana.

From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas

Some days elapsed without any object, aerolite or otherwise, being described, and without any trumpet notes being heard in the atmosphere.

From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules