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Meteorite falls in Jaipur house Sahara Samay (India) August 8, 2007 Jaipur, Aug 8: A family in Jaipur told the scientists of Geological Survey of India (GSI) here that a meteorite fell in the courtyard of their home on Monday evening, Sahara Samay sources said. A female member of the family told that a piece of sparkling stone fell in her home on Monday evening. I continued to look at it in awe for sometime before I went near it, she added. However, the scientists of Geological Survey of India have said that the piece of sparkling stone does not appear to a meteorite. Even a meteorite of small size can cause a big damage, said Dinkar Srivastava, a scientist. He said that the speed of meteorite is several thousand kilometres per second and even a small meteorite is usually bigger in size than the one found in a home here. He further added that the GSI could be able to say anything only after testing the piece of stone or meteorite. It is worth noting here a similar sparkling stone was found in a village in Sangrur district of Punjab a couple of days ago. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
