Aerolite

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  • noun. A meteorite composed chiefly of silicates.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A body falling through the atmosphere to the earth from outer space; a meteorite; properly, a meteoric stone. See meteorite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
  • Word Usage
    "I have suggested (Pilgrimage iii. 159) that the famous Black Stone of Meccah, which appears to me a large aerolite, is a remnant of this worship and that the tomb of Eve near Jeddah was the old “Sakhrah tawílah” or Long Stone (ibid. iii."
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    meteorite  
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    meteorite