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radial pyroxene chondrule comparison table

Subject	has origin	has texture	has nucleation mechanism	has definition	has composition	has abundance	has acronym	is a kind of
ferromagnesian chondrule				chondrule with a high abundance of olivine and pyroxene crystals	ferromagnesian minerals	most chondrules are ferromagnesian		chondrule
superliquidus chondrule	droplet melted beyond superliquidus temperatures, eliminating most viable nuclei		impinging fine-grained dust		glass	most abundant part of chondrite meteorite		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	impinging fine-grained dust	chondrule with thin needles of pyroxene radiating from a single point on the edge of the chondrule	ferromagnesian minerals	most chondrules are ferromagnesian	RP chondrule	ferromagnesian chondrule

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