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noun
any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.
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How to use stony meteorite in a sentence
This body differs very much from the more ordinary kind of stony meteorite.
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British Dictionary definitions for stony meteorite
stony meteorite
noun
a meteorite composed mainly of silicates
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Scientific definitions for stony meteorite
stony meteorite
See under meteorite.
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