Uraninite var. Pitchblende: Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Description

Species: Uraninite var. Pitchblende, Hematite

Locality: Athabasca Basin Uranium District, Saskatchewan, Canada

Dimensions: 13 x 7.5 x 2.7 cm. (574 grams)

This is an amazingly-rich, nearly solid specimen of extremely high grade uraninite ore from the world’s most important uranium mining area, the vast Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. High-grade ore specimens from this famous district are nearly impossible to obtain, and this is the best one I have personally seen. Super HOT, measuring over 300,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Good ore as they say(!!)