Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Uraninite & Becquerelite

Views:
Watches:
UVM633071

Uraninite & Becquerelite

David P. Wilbur, Yale University
Radioactive

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
La Rioja, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Sharp crystals of becquerelite on one surface of a large, rich slab of uraninite rimmed and veined with bequerelite.   A beautiful display specimen of unusual richness, and of course very hot.   Recently deaquisitioned from the radioactive mineral collection of the legendary David P. Wilbur who acquired it from Yale University.   

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

Becquerelite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps