pallasite

English

Etymology

(Peter Simon) Pallas +‎ -ite

Noun

pallasite (plural pallasites)

(geology) A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine.

Translations

type of meteorite

Finnish: pallasiitti

Anagrams

Espaillat, aliseptal, palliates

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