Definition of "achondrite" []

• A stony meteorite that contains no chondrules. (noun)

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• "In her journal that day, she noted that, “we found an unusual achondrite.”"
• "Field image of the achondrite meteorite GRA 06128, found in blue ice of the Graves Nunatak region of the Antarctica during the ANSMET 2006 / 2007 field-season."
• "It is an achondrite - a basalt - with a composition that suggest an asteroid from the inner asteroid belt. ""