石せき鉄てつ隕いん石せき

noun

stony-iron meteorite

Technical term in astronomy and geology for a meteorite containing roughly equal parts silicate minerals and nickel-iron metal.

• 石せき鉄てつ隕いん石せきは、石せき質しつ隕いん石せきと鉄てつ隕いん石せきの中ちゅう間かん的てきな組そ成せいを持もつ。

  Stony-iron meteorites have a composition intermediate between stony meteorites and iron meteorites.