Esquel
  
Esquel is known as the most highly stable of all Pallasites. When it is sliced extremely thin like the specimen below, it is highly translucent and very beautiful. Esquel, when properly prepared, never ceases to impress collectors and non-collectors alike.


Esquel was found in 1951 in Chubut, Argentina. A mass of 1500 kg was found imbedded in the soil.

 

 

Both Specimens listed below are highly translucent and are polished on one side and etched on the opposite side.

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Specimen weighs 49.7 grams and measures 77 mm by 54 mm by 3.0 mm thick - $1000-

 

 

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Above specimen weighs 381 grams and measures 195 mm by 180 mm by 2.9mm thick. - $11,000-

 

 

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Specimen weighs 437 grams and measures 255 mm by 195 mm by 2.7mm thick. - $12,750-

 

 

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Specimen weighs 1270 grams and measures 360 mm by 255 mm by 3.6mm thick. - $30,000-

 
  

 

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