uranoliten.
/jᵿˈranəlʌɪt/, U.S. /jʊˈrænəˌlaɪt/ Now historical and rare.
A meteorite.
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air-stone1608
aerolite1810
aerolith1811
uranolite1815
brontolith1860
oligosiderite1883
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > meteorite > other meteorites
air-stone1608
iron1802
aerolite1810
aerolith1811
uranolite1815
star-glint1825
brontolith1860
aerosiderite1863
aerosiderolite1863
pallasite1863
siderolite1863
siderite1866
mesosiderite1868
howardite1881
chondrite1883
oligosiderite1883
plessite1885
diogenite1895
achondrite1904
octahedrite1905
nakhlite1916
ureilite1916
stony-iron1918
micrometeorite1949
1815 tr. J. F. B. de Saint Amans in Monthly Mag. May 299 The name of uranolite has long appeared to me to be better suited to bodies..which tend towards the earth through that boundless space in which the stars move.
1870 Canad. Naturalist 5 461 The question of the probable identity of chemical and vital phenomena in other worlds than ours was then touched upon, and the history of uranolites or meteoric stones briefly noticed.
1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky i. vi. 79 Various names were given to meteorites... Shooting stars, bolides, fireballs, thunderstones, uranolites, and skystones are among the more common.
1960 K. Syers tr. K. Tsiolkovsky Beyond Planet Earth xv. 115 Showing the company the collection of uranolites, Newton told them of the results of the chemical analysis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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