small, glasslike, round body found in stony meteorites It is believed to have crystallized from molten droplets present during the initial stages of condensation of the solar nebula
A small rounded body of various materials, chiefly olivine or pyroxene, found embedded in a usually fragmental matrix in certain of the stony meteorites As chondrites are the only undifferentiated meteorites (that is meteorites that have a solar-like composition that did not experience large scale melting like volcanic rocks) they likely represent the precursor material for planet building
A small, spherical body embedded in a meteorite Chondrules are composed of iron, aluminum, and magnesium silicate rock
A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites
round glassy structure 0 5 to 5 millimeters in diameter embedded in a primitive stone meteorite It is a solidified droplet of matter from the early solar nebula and is the very oldest part of the primitive meteorite
chondrule
Silbentrennung
chon·drule
Aussprache
Etymologie
[ 'kän-(")drül ] (noun.) circa 1889. Greek chondros grain.