The book offers an interdisciplinary perspective relevant to many fields of planetary science, as well as cosmochemistry, planetary astronomy, astrobiology, geology and space engineering.

This text will be a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in planetary science, geology, and astronomy.

An overview of state-of-the-art research into properties and possible formation mechanisms of chondrules, by leading cosmochemists and astrophysicists.

This 1996 text reviews current ideas about the formation of chondrules in meteorites.

Several chondrules in the Mezo-Madaras chondrite contain the disequilibrium mineral assemblage: ferrous olivine--magnesian pyroxene--merrihueite (approximately (K > or = Na)2 (Fe > or = Mg)5 Si12O30) plus or minus metallic nickel-iron.

The book is organized with an introductory chapter that introduces the reader to the nature of the planetary sample suite and provides some insights into the diverse environments from which they come.

Chondrule parent materials, chondrule formation, and post-formational history are addressed.