aerosideroliten.
/ˌɛːrə(ʊ)ˈsɪd(ə)rəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌɛroʊˈsɪdərəˌlaɪt/, /ˌɛrəˈsɪdərəˌlaɪt/ Now historical and rare.
A meteorite intermediate in character between stone and iron; a stony-iron meteorite. Also: the mineral of which this is composed. Cf. aerolite n., aerosiderite n.Now shortened to siderolite (see siderolite n.2).
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aerosiderolite1863
siderolite1863
mesosiderite1868
stony-iron1918
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > meteorite > other meteorites
air-stone1608
iron1802
aerolite1810
aerolith1811
uranolite1815
star-glint1825
brontolith1860
aerosiderite1863
aerosiderolite1863
pallasite1863
siderolite1863
siderite1866
mesosiderite1868
howardite1881
chondrite1883
oligosiderite1883
plessite1885
diogenite1895
achondrite1904
octahedrite1905
nakhlite1916
ureilite1916
stony-iron1918
micrometeorite1949
1863 N. S. Maskelyne in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 25 49 I propose calling..the intermediate varieties.., in which the iron is continuous and associated with silicate, by the term Aërosiderolites or Siderolites.
1877 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1876 5 12 I had..a fragment of an aerolite.., or stony meteorite; this term being included, together with two others, aero-siderite and aero-siderolite, under the class title, meteorite.
1882 Academy 7 Jan. 13/3 The entire collection of meteorites—classified as aërosiderites, aërosiderolites, and aërolites.
1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky i. vi. 79 Prof. H. Story Maskelyne made the present accepted division into (1) aerolites, (2) aerosiderolites, and (3) aerosiderites, names, now generally shortened into aerolites, siderolites, and siderites, designating the stony meteorites, stony-iron meteorites, and iron meteorites, respectively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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