Excerpt from Handbook and Descriptive Catalogue of the Meteorite Collections in the United States National Museum
Aerolites or Stony Consisting essentially of silicate minerals with minor Meteorites. Amounts of the metallic alloys and sulphides. Consisting of an extremely variable network or sponge of metal, the interstices of which are occupied by the silicate mineral.
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