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cryptocrystaline chondrule (C chondrule)
subject			fact

cryptocrystaline chondrule	is a kind of chondrule
	is a kind of ferromagnesian chondrule
	has definition chondrule with extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers
	has texture extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers
	has acronym C chondrule
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
	has composition glass
	has abundance most abundant part of chondrite meteorite
ferromagnesian chondrule	has composition ferromagnesian minerals
	has abundance most chondrules are ferromagnesian