- A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually
enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the
mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
- Diversity - Kind - Mixture - The quality or state of being various; intermixture or
succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness. - That which is various. - A number or collection of different things; a varied
assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks. - Something varying or differing from others of the same
general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as,
varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.