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Webster 1913 Edition


Chondrule

Chon′drule

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Noun.
[Dim. from Gr. [GREEK] a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.]
(Min.)
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.