What are stony meteorites?

chunks of the core of a larger asteroid that was shattered by a collision.

Iron meteorites account for about 5% of all meteorites that fall to earth, they are likely to be either Kamacite or Taenite. The density of these minerals is 7.9 and 7.8-8.22 g/cm3 respectively.

Hello, The largest stony meteorite yet found in California is the Bruceville meteorite.It weighs 83kg, and is classified as an L6 S5 W4. It is currently on display at the Griffith Observatory in Los...

Most metoeorites are from the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter

This is what the dictionary on Yahoo says about "meteor": ETYMOLOGY: Middle English metheour, atmospheric phenomenon, from Old French meteore, from Medieval Latin meterum, from Greek meteron,...