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Words related to meteorites

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  • chondrule

    one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites

  • cohenite

    a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.

  • kamacite

    a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites.

  • schreibersite

    a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni) 3 P, found only in meteorites.

  • stony meteorite

    any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.

  • tektite

    any of several kinds of small glassy bodies, in various forms, occurring in Australia and elsewhere, now believed to have been produced by the impact of meteorites on the earth's surface.
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