| 1. | Chondrules can range in diameter from just a few micrometers to over.
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| 2. | More commonly, chondrules display what is known as a porphyritic texture.
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| 3. | A chondrule is a small mineral ball generally in diameter.
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| 4. | However, chondrules continued to form for approximately 3 My after CAIs.
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| 5. | Chondrules, metal grains, and other components likely formed in the solar nebula.
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| 6. | This meteorite is meanwhile included within the CI chondrites, although it contains chondrules.
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| 7. | Minerals of this type include olivine and pyroxene, which are found in CM chondrules.
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| 8. | In the inner Solar System, chondrules appear to have been crucial for initiating accretion.
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| 9. | The chondrules in a chondrite that is assigned a " 3 " have not been altered.
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| 10. | Planetesimals may also be formed from the concentration of chondrules between eddies in a turbulent disk.
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