Uraninite, “Gummite”, Zircon

Superb large, dense, solid specimen of spherical uraninite surrounded by an aesthetic bright yellow-orange “shell” of secondary gummite-group Uranium minerals and minor ‘cyrtolite’ zircon from old finds in the Spruce Pine Pegmatite District of western North Carolina. Wonderful Spruce Pine Uranium specimen which was exhibited in several award-winning public displays by it’s previous owner, noted collector Brent Lockhart. This fine specimen comes with a custom acrylic display base by the Sunnywood Collection. It measures an impressive 180,000+ CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Previously part of the famous David P. Wilber Collection. Rare!!