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The only fall of a meteorite in this country is the case of the Villarrica (Fig. 8.1). However, there is an interesting but unverified story about a huge metallic body of celestial origin. A very large mass of meteoritic iron was reported to fall during early nineteenth century.
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Acevedo, R.D., Rocca, M.C.L., García, V.M. (2014). Paraguay. In: Catalogue of Meteorites from South America. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01925-3_8
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