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Uraninite

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Description
Locality: 
Radium King Eastern Working Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

An excellent specimen of uraninite pseudomorphous after a tree branch from the Radium King Mine.   This specimen shows the uraninite and it's wood grains atop a conglomerate sandstone matrix.   A fine example from San Juan County's top uranium producer, now within the limits of Bear's Ears National Monument.   Please note, I will be away from home until the end of October.   All autions will ship upon my return.​

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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