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Meteorite Fall at Komargaon, Assam, India


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1 Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
2 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
 

A single piece of meteorite weighing approximately 12 kg and dimension 10"× 9"× 8" fell at Komargaon town (lat. 26°39'N; long. 93°46'E), Golaghat district, Assam, India on 13 November 2015 (12:00 h, IST). We report here eye-witness accounts and a preliminary description of the sample which includes macro- and microstructures and a tentative petrologic-chemical classification. According to local villagers, it was a bright sunny day with a clear sky.
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Authors

T. K. Goswami
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
D. Ray
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
R. K. Sarmah
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
U. Goswami
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
P. Bhattacharyya
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
D. Majumdar
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
D. Bezbaruah
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India
P. Borgohain
Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786 004, India

Abstract


A single piece of meteorite weighing approximately 12 kg and dimension 10"× 9"× 8" fell at Komargaon town (lat. 26°39'N; long. 93°46'E), Golaghat district, Assam, India on 13 November 2015 (12:00 h, IST). We report here eye-witness accounts and a preliminary description of the sample which includes macro- and microstructures and a tentative petrologic-chemical classification. According to local villagers, it was a bright sunny day with a clear sky.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi10%2F1894-1895