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This write-up was originally printed in Meteoritical Bulletin 29:
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ESQUEL, Esquel, Chubut Province (Patagonian Territory), Argentina; f = 42°54'S, ? = 71°20'W.
FOUND, probably before 1951.
STONY-IRON, pallasite.
1 specimen, weight about 1500 kg. The meteorite was found embeded in the soil; brought to Buenos Aires City, is in possession of his finder.
Source: An Article L. O. Giacomelli, Meteoritos halladus en la Patagonia. Argentina Austral, Ann XXXIV, No 370-371, 14, 1962, Buenos Aires, and report Dr. L. O.. Giacomelli (Buenos Aires, Argentina), in a letter, XI.30.1963.

 

 


 

 

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