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cryptocrystaline chondrule comparison table
Subject has texture has definition is part of has composition has abundance has acronym is a kind of
chondrule small sphere of about 1 mm diameter found in meteorites chondrule is composed of formerly melted or partially melted mineralschondriteglassmost abundant part of chondrite meteorite chondritic meteorite characteristic
ferromagnesian chondrule chondrule with a high abundance of olivine and pyroxene crystals ferromagnesian mineralsmost chondrules are ferromagnesian chondrule
cryptocrystaline chondruleextremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometerschondrule with extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers ferromagnesian mineralsmost chondrules are ferromagnesianC chondruleferromagnesian chondrule

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