Meaning & use
Aerolites
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Stony meteorites that have fallen to Earth from space; the plural of 'aerolite.'
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Museum visitors examined a display case of aerolites collected from a desert strewn field.
Researchers classify aerolites separately from iron meteorites based on their mineral composition.
A note on using this word
From Greek 'aero-' (air) and 'lithos' (stone); the term was common in 19th-century science before 'meteorite' became the standard word.
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stony meteorites
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