Trancas Department, Tucumán, Argentina

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Meteoritic Iron:
History: In an expedition made by Raúl Tauber in 1974, to the West of the city of Trancas, between the latter and the town of the "El Simbolar" were discovered in 1974 meteoric iron fragments scattered over a wide area. They corresponded to meteorite stony-metalic, type "Siderolito" and completely metalic(Fe, Ni), type "Siderito". Sizes of the found specimens ranging from 8, 4.5, 3, 2.5 and 1.5 centimeters in length, respectively. It is believed that it makes several thousand years ago there was a meteoric rain in the region. In other areas of the region, bounded to the North by the "Acequiones" River and on the South by river "Choromoro", such as "Rearte", "Gonzalo", "La Higuera", "Chuscha", etc. reported findings of meteorites by locals, and in some cases these copies as you could see more than 15 centimeters in length, with several kilograms of weight.

Mineral List

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'Asphaltum' Azurite Calcite Dolomite 'Geode'

Gypsum Hydroxylapatite 'Iron Ochre' 'Limonite' Malachite

'Manganese Oxides' 'var: Manganese Dendrites' 'Meta-autunite Group' 'Meteoritic Iron' Mirabilite

Quartz Thenardite Uraninite

22 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Argentina Tucumán Trancas Department El Brete Raco Talapunco Tapia Area Tapia gypsum deposit Trancas Vipos La Toma de Vipos

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