stony-iron meteorite

[ stoh-nee-ahy-ern ]

noun

1. a meteorite of roughly equal proportions of metallic iron and stony matter.

stony-iron meteorite

/ stō′nē-ī′ərn /

1. A relatively rare type of meteorite consisting of approximately equal amounts by weight of silicate minerals and an alloy of nickel and iron.
2. See more at meteorite

Example Sentences

It’s possible that some of the iron and stony-iron meteorites found on Earth could have also come from that region in the solar system too.

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