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barred olivine chondrule (BO chondrule)
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barred olivine chondrule	is a kind of superliquidus chondrule
	is a kind of ferromagnesian chondrule
	has definition chondrule with one or more sets of strongly elongated parallel prismatic olivine crystals
	has texture one or more sets of strongly elongated parallel prismatic olivine crystals
	has acronym BO chondrule
superliquidus chondrule	has origin droplet melted beyond superliquidus temperatures, eliminating most viable nuclei
	has nucleation mechanism impinging fine-grained dust
ferromagnesian chondrule	has composition ferromagnesian minerals
	has abundance most chondrules are ferromagnesian
chondrule	has diameter usually less than 1 mm but can range from 0.1 to 10 millimeters
	has relative volume 80 % of volume of ordinary and enstatite chondrite and greater than 15 % of most other chondrite groups