Ureilite

• A new study suggests rare Ureilite meteorite formed India’s Dhala impact crater, offering insights into early solar system and potential impact on Earth’s water and life development.

ABOUT DHALA CRATER

• Dhala crater is situated in the heart of India’s Madhya Pradesh region in Shivpuri.
• With an impressive diameter of 11 kilometres, the Dhala structure has been confirmed by scientists to be Asia’s largest and the world’s 7^th largest impact crater.

ABOUT UREILITES

• ‘Ureilites’ belong to a scarce class of primitive meteorites, making up only a small fraction of all meteorites found on Earth.
• This dark grey or brownish meteorite type is named after the village Novy Urey in Mordovia Republic of Russia, where a meteorite of this type fell on 4 September 1886.
• Comprising mostly olivine and pyroxene silicate rocks, Ureilites also contain less than 10% of carbon (either in the form of diamond or graphite), metal sulphides, and a few fine-grained silicates.