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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stone of meteoric origin characterized by chondrules and consisting of some of the oldest solid material in the solar system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common class of meteoric stones, characterized by large numbers of rather minute spherical crystalline grains. See
meteorite . - noun A fossil marine plant of the Chalk and other formations: so called from its resemblance to the existing Chondrus crispus, or Irish moss.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
meteorite consisting ofrock containingchondrules
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules
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The meteorite is called a chondrite, a group that includes
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About 60 different minerals that form the most primitive minerals in what are called chondrite meteorites.
ScreenTalk 2009
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About 60 different minerals that form the most primitive minerals in what are called chondrite meteorites.
ScreenTalk 2009
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Even though the West meteorite, as it is being called, is a chondrite, which is the most common type of stony meteorite, Stimpson said he is thrilled to have it because it's something new for his museum.
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About 60 different minerals that form the most primitive minerals in what are called chondrite meteorites.
ScreenTalk 2009
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About 60 different minerals that form the most primitive minerals in what are called chondrite meteorites.
ScreenTalk 2009
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The asteroid appears to be a massive carbonaceous chondrite.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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The mineralogy in the dust itself that we kicked up corresponds to what was seen by M Cubed instrument, and also what we see in chondrite asteroids.
Look for "Flood" of News This Week About Water on the Moon | Universe Today 2010
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Apophis is fairly well characterized and has a very close approach on 13-Apr-2029, although it may not be an LL chondrite after all, and may therefore have a different albedo, diameter (currently 270m), and mass (currently 27 Mt - million tons).
Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit Stephen D. Covey 2010
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Of course, a common carbonaceous chondrite might contain 25% nickel-iron mostly in the form of metal grains, 10% or more water, and several percent carbon plus everything else needed for life in space.
Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit Stephen D. Covey 2010
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