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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
  3. A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
  4. A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatiteor chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass ofmany meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
  5. n:100 n. small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks