are small spherical rocks usually less than 1mm in diameter which formed from molten or partly molten droplets while floating around in space. Chondrites are composed primarily of these materials. (see above) Click Here for excellent examples of chondrules.

(kon' drools) - Millimeter-sized glass spheres found in abundance in chondrite meteorites.

Millimeter-sized, spheroidal particles in meteorites that were once molten droplets.