[f. AERO- + Gr. σιδηρίτ-ης of iron, iron ore; f. σίδηρ-ος iron: see -ITE.] A mass of meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of iron-ore.
1865. A. S. Herschel, in Intellect. Observ., No. 39. 219. Some meteorites called aërosiderites.
1868. Lockyer, The Heavens (ed. 3), 196. Professor Maskelyne has recently made a convenient classification of meteorites into ‘Aerolites or Meteoric Stones,’ ‘Aerosiderites or Meteoric Iron,’ and ‘Aerosiderolites,’ which includes the intervening varieties.
