[meteorite-list] CHONDRULES

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Here is a definition from pg 908 of Meteorites in the Early Solar System II, Lauretta and McSween, editors, that might help answer the question. It is a great book, that for the Glossary alone meteorite enthusiasts should get a copy of. 

"chondrite-- originally defined as a meteorite that contained chondrules; now also implies a bulk chemical composition, for all but the most volatile elements, that is not far removed from that of the Sun."

Devin Schrader



---- "jwb7772 at netzero.net" <jwb7772 at netzero.net> wrote: 
> Question for all:  How many chondrules does a meteorite have to have to be called a chondrite?    At what point does an achondrite become a chondrite?  How can you call a ureilite an achondrite when it has some chondrules in it?  That question has bothered me for the last 30 years!  Jim