pallasite

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounpallasite (plural pallasites)

plural pallasites

  1. geographyA stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine.

Origin

From Pallas + -ite. Named after Prussian natural philosopher Peter Pallas, who was the first to describe the mineral.

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Translations

Finnish pallasiitti
  • pallasiittitype of meteorite

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pallasite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallasite

MLA

“pallasite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallasite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pallasite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallasite.

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