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DURALA 1815

HISTORIC INDIAN METEORITES

Durala L6; Punjab, India, fell 1815 Feb. 18, crusted fragment, 0.191 g

From: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. 99: Indian Meteorites by M. V. N. Murthy, S. N. P. Srivastava and Ananda Dube, 1968: 


A large stone, rather more than 25 lbs in weight fell after an explosion was heard from a distance of 25 miles of the stone recovered from this fall (12.8 kg) indicates that the original stone was more likely about 29 lbs in weight. The grater part of the recovered mass (12,051 grams) is in the British Museum. C.A. Silberred, Mineral Mag. 23, No. 149, p. 301, (1932) states: It is said to have fallen at Duralla, 30°20`; N., 76° 41`; E., 17 miles from Ambala in Patiala State. The one inch map shows no such village, but there are two villages Surala Kalan and Surala Khurd at 30° 18`; N., 76° 38`; E., 13 miles S. by E. of Rajpura (North Western Railway). He adds that Durala is probably a mistranslation of Surala. (Coulson, 1940, p. 84).

FUTTEHPUR 1822

Futtehpur L 6 vnd.; Uttar Pradesh, India, fell 1822 Nov.30, TKW: 2.2 kg, 0.478 g, ex. Nininger coll.

AKBARPUR 1838

Akbarpur H4 br.; Uttar Pradesh, India, fell 1838 April 18, TKW: 1.8 kg, 0.292 g, ex coll. NEMS

SHALKA 1850

Shalka DIO; West Bengal, India, fell 1850 Nov. 30, 1.28 g, ex coll. Dr. M. Horeisj, USA

YATOOR 1852

BUSTEE 1852

Bustee Aubrite; India, fell 1852 December 2, TKW: 1.36 kg, 0.13 g (ex coll. N. Classen).

SEGOWLIE 1853

Segowlie L6; Bihar, India, fell 1853 March 4, 0.937 g, ex coll. NEMS

PARNALLEE 1857

Parnallee LL3.6; Madura, India, fell 1857 Feb. 28, 3.7 g with troilite inclusion.

DHURMSALA 1860

Dhurmsala LL6; Himachal Pradesh, India, fell 1860 July 14, 13.4 g

MANBHOOM 1863

Manbhoom LL6; West Bengal, India, fell 1863 Dec. 22, TKW: 1.5 kg, 2.49 g

DANDAPUR 1878

BAROTI 1910

Baroti L6; Himachal Pradesh, India, fell 1910 Sept. 15; 0.307g, ex coll. NEMS.

KUTTIPPURAM 1914

Kuttippuram L6; Kerala, India, fell 1914 April 6, 0.404 g, ex coll. NEMS

KHANPUR 1932