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Chondrules in the chondrite classification Grassland. A millimeter scale is shown. Chondrules in the Carbonaceous Chondrite NWA 13887. A chondrule (from Ancient Greek χόνδρος chondros, grain) is a round grain found in a chondrite. Chondrules form as molten or partially molten droplets in space before being accreted to their parent asteroids.
While CM chondrules are smaller than average in diameter (~300 micrometer), CO chondrules are exceptionally small (~170 um). [ 31 ] [ 32 ] This may be a survivor bias : consider that the water which dissolves CM chondrules successfully eliminates those which are already small, while those which were large may remain to be observed, though with ...
Type 2 chondrites are those that have experienced extensive aqueous alteration, but still contain recognizable chondrules as well as primary, unaltered olivine and/or pyroxene. The fine-grained matrix is generally fully hydrated and minerals inside chondrules may show variable degrees of hydration.
Aqueous alteration promotes a composition of hydrous phyllosilicates, magnetite, and 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 that they condensed in the cooler outer portion of the solar nebula.
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The abbreviation CI is derived from the C for carbonaceous and in the name scheme of Wasson, [3] the I from Ivuna, the type locality in Tanzania. The 1 in C1 stands for the type 1 meteorites in the older classification scheme of Van Schmus-Wood, [4] still used for petrography. Petrographic type-1 meteorites, by definition, have no fully-visible ...
Compare it with the particle number density of the air at the sea level—2.8 × 10 19 /cm 3 (4.6 × 10 20 /cu in). [9] [11] The initial collapse of a solar-mass protostellar nebula takes around 100,000 years. [8] [9] Every nebula begins with a certain amount of angular momentum.
An achondrite [1] is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules. [2] [3] It consists of material similar to terrestrial basalts or plutonic rocks and has been differentiated and reprocessed to a lesser or greater degree due to melting and recrystallization on or within meteorite parent bodies.