siderites in English
noun
1
a brown mineral consisting of ferrous carbonate, occurring as the main component of some kinds of ironstone or as rhombohedral crystals in mineral veins.
Of particular interest are superb specimens of lustrous, pale lavender fluorite crystals, many of which are associated with sphalerite and siderite from what remained of the flats surrounding the Diana vein.
2
a meteorite consisting mainly of nickel and iron.
On a hillside, three miles above the mouth of the Tualitin, fell, apparently centuries ago, the Willamette siderite , the third largest iron meteorite in the world.
noun
chalybite
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1. ‘The presence of Aerolites is also accompanied with loud reports, which are absent in the case of these meteors.’ ‘Meteorites are divided into three groups: siderites, siderolites, and Aerolites.’ ‘Followed by Japan and U.S.A, China holds most Antarctic Aerolites.’