[mod. f. AERO- + λίθος stone. Cf. Fr. aérolithe.] The more etymological form of AEROLITE.
1819. Pantologia, I, Aeroliths, air-stones: a name lately given to those solid bodies composed of several mineral substances, which have been seen to fall from the atmosphere.
1864. Daily Tel., 8 June. This aerolith belongs to a very rare type of meteorites: it contains carbon.