An unusual porous, cryptocrystalline forsterite chondrule in Murchison

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Michael Zolensky, Tomoki Nakamura, James Martinez, Yuma Enokido

Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Version of Record online: 28 December 2020

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“We describe a fragmented cryptocrystalline chondrule consisting solely of forsterite (Fo98) in the Murchison CM2 chondrite, with a peculiar porous texture of enigmatic origin.”

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