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granular olivine-pyroxene chondrule comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	is part of	has definition
chondrule	chondritic meteorite characteristic	chondrite	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter found in meteorites chondrule is composed of formerly melted or partially melted minerals
granular olivine-pyroxene chondrule	chondrule		chondrule with uniformly smaller grains than porphyritic chondrules

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