History
In 1951 a farmer uncovered a meteorite in an unknown location near Esquel while digging a hole for a water tank. The meteorite was purchased from the finders and brought to the United States in 1992 by meteorite expert Robert Haag. The Esquel meteorite is known world-wide among collectors and the meteoritical scientific community.
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