spherule

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They were looking for spherule particles, or tiny fragments of rock, left behind by impact.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Evidence for the theory can be found not just within the crystals but also in areas called spherule beds.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022

He worries that only two spherule beds match the crystal data, and one of those beds is not located within Australia—meaning that the timing might not match after all.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022

The gradually increasing amplitude of the disturbance, the formation of the elongated ligament, and the subsequent transformation of the ligament into a spherule, could be examined with ease.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

What can be more widely contrasted than a newly-born child, and the small, semi-transparent gelatinous spherule constituting the human ovum?

From Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin by Butler, Samuel