Jodiya                         22°40’48’’N 70°18’48’’E

Jodiya, Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India

Fall: 31 July 2006, 21:28 h. Indian Standard Time (IST) (UT+5 h)

Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: A meteorite shower was witnessed on July 31, 2006, at 21:28 h. IST, in the regions of Jodiya, Jamnagar district, and Vandya, Kuchchh district, Gujarat. Many pieces fell in marshland and rain filled agricultural lands and could not be recovered. A search team from Geological Survey of India (GSI) has collected several fragments.

Physical characteristics: The samples collected have fallen on rooftops of houses and/or courtyards. The largest sample collected is ~4 × 2 cm and is partly fusion crusted. An ~4 g sample, partly covered with fusion crust has been given to PRL, Ahmedabad, for analysis.

Petrography: (Z. G. Ghevaria, GSI, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India and S. V. S. Murty, PRL) The general texture of the Jodiya meteorite is brecciated with porphyritic chondrules of olivine and low Ca pyroxene and low amount of metal. Chondrule sizes range from 0.92 to 1.46 with an average of 1.23 mm. The average olivine composition is Fa_25.1, low Ca pyroxene is Fs_21.2 and compositions are uniform within 1–2% suggesting that the metamorphic grade is 5–6, but trapped noble gas amounts fall in the range of 4–5. Thus, Jodiya is classified as L5. Δ¹⁷O is 1.16‰.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Type specimens: All collected fragments (~100 g) are in the possession of GSI, Calcutta. A thick section and a small, fusion crusted chip (~2 g) with FC are at PRL, Ahmedabad.