iron meteorite

How to use iron meteorite in a sentence

• I saw the gray side of the rough iron meteorite itself, half-buried in the sand at the bottom of the pit.

  Astounding Stories, March, 1931 | Various

• The surface of a suspected iron meteorite is polished to a high luster and nitric acid is poured upon it.

  Astronomy | David Todd

• It has been suggested that this “crater” was formed by the fall of an enormous iron meteorite, or small asteroid.

  Astronomical Curiosities | J. Ellard Gore

• The Willamette iron meteorite, weighing 16½ tons, lay in a forest when found and was not deeply buried.

  Astronomy for Young Folks | Isabel Martin Lewis

• The Bacubirito iron meteorite, weighing 20 tons, lay in soft soil, barely beneath the level of the surface.

  Astronomy for Young Folks | Isabel Martin Lewis