Specimens
The Meteoritical Bulletin no. 29 (1964) reports a main mass of "about 1500 kg". However O. A. Turone claimed a main mass weight of 755 kilograms (1,660 lb). Robert Haag, the buyer of the main mass, reported a weight of 680 kilograms (1,500 lb). Almost all of the Esquel ever found on the market is cut from his piece.
It is one of the most beautiful meteorites ever found so it is also one of the most desirable pallasites among meteorite collectors.
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