stony meteorite

American

noun

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

stony meteorite British

noun

a meteorite composed mainly of silicates

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stony meteorite Scientific

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The rock, which is a chondrite, or stony meteorite, measures 11 inches by 9.8 inches by 7.9 inches.

From Fox News • Jul. 17, 2020

A rock discovered in a garden in Germany has been confirmed as the largest stony meteorite ever found in the country.

From Fox News • Jul. 17, 2020

“If you don’t have to have nickel in a stony meteorite, then you don’t have to have nickel in an iron meteorite.”

From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2018

To distinguish a stony meteorite from terrestrial rock substances is not always easy, but there is usually little difficulty in pronouncing upon an iron meteorite.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

But the insult to orthodoxy was that they were not angular fragments such as might have been broken from a stony meteorite: that they were "water-worn pebbles."

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

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