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Thorite Var Uranothorite

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Thorite Var Uranothorite

Royal Ontario Museum
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Bicroft Mine, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 12.3 × 6.1 cm
Weight: 
566.00gr
Description

Large, very rich (basically solid) specimen of uranothorite with minor fergusonite and "cyrtolite" zircon from the famous Bicroft Mine, Haliburton County, Ontario Canada. Quite HOT at over 75,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with 44-9 probe. From the noted collection of the Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto, Canada. Rare! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Uranothorite

Variety Of: 

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Hardness: 
4.5
Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Hardness: 
0.0

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