{"id":22322,"date":"2020-06-19T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=22322"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:37:57","slug":"apparent-iron-meteorite-fall-in-balaji-nagar-sanchore-jalore-rajasthan-india-on-19-june-6-15-a-m-ist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=22322","title":{"rendered":"‘Sanchore’ (prov.) iron meteorite fall near Sanchore (\u0938\u093e\u0902\u091a\u094c\u0930), Jalore, Rajasthan, India on 19 June 2020 at ~ 6.15 a.m. IST (0.45 UT)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last update: 15 April 2026 (19:15 CEST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Jaykishan Khanwat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The iron meteorite weighing 2788 grams (~10.5 x ~8.7 cm) fell (according to our own research) next to Gayatri College MB Road at location ~ 24\u00b044’47.35″N, 71\u00b047’3.78″E<\/a>, just outside the city area of Sanchore, Rajasthan, India at around 6.15 a.m. (or ~7 a.m. as officially indicated by GSI) on 19 June 2020. It caused a one-foot (or 13-16 cm) deep impact pit in the sandy ground of a vacant section of a residential area southeast of Sanchore. It is reported to have been hot when found. According to witnesses it took about three hours for it to cool down. Before the fall local people had seen the bolide’s luminous trajectory and heard a loud detonation sound. At around 7 a.m. the locals called the police and around 9.30 a.m. the meteorite was seized by the local police, put into a glass or plastic jar and taken to a Sanchore jeweller’s laboratory for a short analysis at around 10.10 a.m. . The initial results revealed a surface composition of 85.86 % iron and 10.23 % nickel which is very typical of an iron meteorite (especially fine and medium octahedrites) but must be confirmed in a proper scientific analysis. The regmaglypted wedge-shaped or oblique tetrahedral meteorite (estimated ~10 x 10.5 x 8.7 cm) shows a thin fusion crust which is partly flaked revealing a brownish tarnish. It has fine flow lines and fine melt lips. The meteorite was first stored at the Sanchore police station and a few days later handed over to representatives of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for an adequate analysis and classification in a specialized research institute. It can be assumed that after classification the meteorite will be officially registered in the database of the Meteoritical Society as a rare witnessed fall of an iron meteorite with the official name ‘Sanchore’. It is permanently curated as ‘Sanchore’ meteorite (with the engraved exhibit number 247) at India’s National Meteorite Repository (NMR) in Kolkata. By April 2026 it has apparently not been cut to provide a type specimen for an official meteorite classification and subsequent official registration in the database of the Meteoritical Bulletin. The reasons for this are unknown to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meteorite at the Sanchore police station. Photo: Vagaram Bhati<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meteorite left to cool down next to Gayatri College MB road about 1.5 metres from its fall site. Photo: Jaykishan Khanwat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: \u0935\u0940\u0930\u0941 \u092e\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0924\u0948\u0930\u093e\u0915<\/p>\n\n\n