Etymology

shergottite

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Today it means: A type of meteorite composed of lava from a planet other than Earth. Full definition →

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From Shergotty + -ite, after the Indian city where the first specimen was found in 1865.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.