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noun
A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: meteorite
History
Etymology tree English Pallas Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English pallasite From Pallas + -ite.
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