SHERGOTTITE


Meaning of SHERGOTTITE in English

ˈshərgəˌtīt noun

( -s )

Etymology: Shergotty (Sherghati), town in Bihar state, India, where such a meteorite was collected in 1865 + English -ite (I)

: any of a class of achondritic geologically young meteorites of feldspar and pyroxene — compare chassignite in the Dict

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