Meteorite that fell in Gujarat in August rare aubrite seen last 170 years back

The meteorite that fell in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on August 17 last year was a rare specimen of an aubrite seen in India for the first time since 1852, according to a paper published in the Indian Academy of Sciences peer-reviewed journal Current Science last month. The researchers said aubrites are rare meteorites originating from an extremely reduced differentiated parent body in the solar system. “The similar and unique characteristics of highly reducing conditions on the surface of planet Mercury and aubrite often suggest that enstatite meteorites are the potential petrologic and geochemical analogs of planet Mercury, even though we do not have any known Mercurian samples in our collection. The villagers collected its pieces with the largest weighing around 200 gram A fragment of the meteorite fell close to Ravel village, around 10 km from Rantila, and created a loud sound.