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chondrule| In astronomy, small, round mass of the silicate minerals olivine and orthopyroxene. Chondrites (stony meteorites) are characterized by the presence of chondrules. |
| Chondrules are thought to be mineral grains that condensed from hot gas in the early Solar System, most of which were later incorporated into larger bodies from which the planets formed. |
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