Usually means: Stony meteorite, lacking iron, non-metallic.
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  8. achondrite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  (astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules.

Similar:
chondrite, angrite, brachinite, howardite, chondrule, eucrite, aubrite, diogenite, meteorite, astroite, more...

Opposite:
chondrite

Types:
stony, carbonaceous, iron, more...

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Similar:
chondrite, angrite, brachinite, howardite, chondrule, eucrite, aubrite, diogenite, meteorite, astroite, more...

Opposite:
chondrite

Types:
stony, carbonaceous, iron, more...



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