ferromagnesian chondrule Comparison Table

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ferromagnesian chondrule comparison table

Subject has origin has texture has definition has nucleation mechanism has acronym

barred olivine chondrule droplet melted beyond superliquidus temperatures, eliminating most viable nuclei one or more sets of strongly elongated parallel prismatic olivine crystals chondrule with one or more sets of strongly elongated parallel prismatic olivine crystals impinging fine-grained dust BO chondrule

cryptocrystaline chondrule extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers chondrule with extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers C chondrule

porphyritic olivine chondrule extensively melted droplet in which abundant heterogenous nucleation sites were preserved during the chondrule melting event porphyritic olivine crytals chondrule with porphyritic olivine crytals relict grains consisting of remnant crystals less than 10 microns in size PO chondrule

porphyritic olivine-pyroxene chondrule extensively melted droplet in which abundant heterogenous nucleation sites were preserved during the chondrule melting event porphyritic mixture of olivine and pyroxene chondrule with a porphyritic mixture of olivine and pyroxene relict grains consisting of remnant crystals less than 10 microns in size POP chondrule

porphyritic pyroxene chondrule extensively melted droplet in which abundant heterogenous nucleation sites were preserved during the chondrule melting event porphyritic pyroxene crytals chondrule with porphyritic pyroxene crytals relict grains consisting of remnant crystals less than 10 microns in size PP chondrule

radial pyroxene chondrule droplet melted beyond superliquidus temperatures, eliminating most viable nuclei thin needles of pyroxene radiating from a single point on the edge of the chondrule chondrule with thin needles of pyroxene radiating from a single point on the edge of the chondrule impinging fine-grained dust RP chondrule

Subject	has origin	has texture	has definition	has nucleation mechanism	has acronym
barred olivine chondrule	droplet melted beyond superliquidus temperatures, eliminating most viable nuclei	one or more sets of strongly elongated parallel prismatic olivine crystals	chondrule with one or more sets of strongly elongated parallel prismatic olivine crystals	impinging fine-grained dust	BO chondrule
cryptocrystaline chondrule		extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers	chondrule with extremely fine-grained intergrowths of pyroxene and glass with grain size less than 2 micrometers		C chondrule
porphyritic olivine chondrule	extensively melted droplet in which abundant heterogenous nucleation sites were preserved during the chondrule melting event	porphyritic olivine crytals	chondrule with porphyritic olivine crytals	relict grains consisting of remnant crystals less than 10 microns in size	PO chondrule
porphyritic olivine-pyroxene chondrule	extensively melted droplet in which abundant heterogenous nucleation sites were preserved during the chondrule melting event	porphyritic mixture of olivine and pyroxene	chondrule with a porphyritic mixture of olivine and pyroxene	relict grains consisting of remnant crystals less than 10 microns in size	POP chondrule
porphyritic pyroxene chondrule	extensively melted droplet in which abundant heterogenous nucleation sites were preserved during the chondrule melting event	porphyritic pyroxene crytals	chondrule with porphyritic pyroxene crytals	relict grains consisting of remnant crystals less than 10 microns in size	PP chondrule
radial pyroxene chondrule	droplet melted beyond superliquidus temperatures, eliminating most viable nuclei	thin needles of pyroxene radiating from a single point on the edge of the chondrule	chondrule with thin needles of pyroxene radiating from a single point on the edge of the chondrule	impinging fine-grained dust	RP chondrule

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