A chondrule (from Ancient Greek χόνδρος chondros, grain) is a round grain found in a chondrite. Chondrules form as molten or partially molten droplets...

presence of water on Earth. One of their characteristics is the presence of chondrules (from the Ancient Greek χόνδρος chondros, grain), which are round grains...

'chondrite' indicates that these contain (or may have contained) chondrules in a matrix. Chondrules are cooled droplets of minerals, predating the meteorites...

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April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Boss, A. P.; Durisen, R. H. (2005). "Chondrule-forming Shock Fronts in the Solar Nebula: A Possible Unified Scenario...

material in the Solar System—protoplanetary disk dust particles—found as chondrules and calcium–aluminium-rich inclusions in some meteorites about 4.567 Ga)...

System, chondrules appear to have been crucial for initiating accretion. The tiny mass of asteroids may be partly due to inefficient chondrule formation...

An achondrite is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules. It consists of material similar to terrestrial basalts or plutonic rocks and has been...

olivine crystals occurring in a black matrix, and a possible lack of chondrules. It is thought they have not been heated above 50 °C (122 °F), indicating...

lead isotope ratios matching those of the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. Chondrules and calcium–aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs) are spherical particles that...

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These rare carbonaceous chondrites are defined by their lack of visible chondrules due to extensive aqueous alteration. Despite this alteration, they preserved...

26 Mg chronometer, which can be used to estimate the relative ages of chondrules. 26 Al decays to 26 Mg with a half-life of 720 000 years. The dating is...

rocks such as clays. In one two-layer model, Ceres consists of a core of chondrules and a mantle of mixed ice and micron-sized solid particulates ("mud")...

history. Made up of rocky debris, it consists of pyroxene or olivine chondrules deployed in massive plagioclase. Kamacite is also reported. The fall occurred...

named for the small, round particles they contain. These particles, or chondrules, are composed mostly of silicate minerals that appear to have been melted...

in the porcelain factory. Saponite is also found in the "dark rims" of chondrules in carbonaceous chondrites and seen as a sign of aqueous alteration. Europe's...

planetesimals. Achondrite – a differentiated meteorite (meaning without chondrules). Aerolite – an old term for stony meteorites. ALH – an abbreviation used...

stony-iron. Some stone meteoroids contain grain-like inclusions known as chondrules and are called chondrites. Stony meteoroids without these features are...

nebula's formation. Examples of embedded elements in cosmic dust are GEMS, chondrules, and CAIs. The arrows in the adjacent diagram show one possible path from...

parent bodies originally formed and are characterized by the presence of chondrules), and achondrites (groups of meteorites that have a complex origin involving...

They show signs of metamorphism, partial melting, brecciation and relic chondrules. Their chemical and mineralogical composition lies between H and E chondrites...

oxide content (Fa) in the silicates Glossary of meteoritics Chondrite Chondrule Grady, Monica (2022). "Meteorites". The Catalogue of Meteorites. Natural...

ISSN 0066-4146. S2CID 119281082. A. P. Boss; R. H. Durisen (2005). "Chondrule-forming Shock Fronts in the Solar Nebula: A Possible Unified Scenario...

silicate particles that are found inside them (those particles are called chondrules). "335 Roberta", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion...

occurred in other stars before the Solar System formed. Allende contains chondrules and CAIs that are estimated to be 4.567 billion years old, the oldest...

feldspathic glass, chromite, and phosphates. LL chondrites contain the largest chondrules of the ordinary chondrite groups, averaging around 1 millimetre (0.039 in)...

enabled him to get accurate data from tiny samples, including individual chondrules. He could even trace secondary processes, such as alteration by heat,...

of their original chondritic properties. Very characteristic are relic chondrules and chemical compositions close to the composition of chondrites. These...

Correlations 1995 Michael Brown University of Melbourne A study of compound chondrule formation in meteorites 1994 Arthur Street University of Sydney Work on...