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AEROSIDEROLITE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Petrography
DEF

Stony-iron meteorite which on the average contains nickel-iron (50%) and silicate minerals (50%).

OBS

siderolite: From the Greek, "sideros," iron + "lithos," stone. Named by Maskelyne in 1863.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Météorite contenant des proportions sensiblement égales de roche et d'alliage fer-nickel.

CONT

On compte bien des types de météorites, classées en trois catégories principales, les météorites ferrifères [...], les météorites pierreuses [...], enfin, les météorites pierreuses ferrifères [...] constituent un groupe intermédiaire. Cette catégorie comprend les pallasites, où il y a environ 50 % de métal et 50 % de silicate, et les météorites à troïlite (FeS), presque dépourvues de phase métallique.

Spanish

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