Zircon var. Cyrtolite, Uraninite

Spruce Pine Mining District, North Carolina, USA

Superb large specimen of well-formed brown ‘cyrtolite’ Zircon crystals with uraninite (and ‘gummite group species) in white feldspar from Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Wonderful old-time North Carolina REE and Uranium mineral specimen of a style and quality that is very hard to find for sale today! From the noted collection of both David P. Wilber (yes that
Dave Wilber!) and Brent Lockhart, this fine specimen comes with a custom acrylic display base by the Sunnywood Collection. It measures ~125,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Rare!!

Size: 7.7 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm, 182 grams
Species: Uraninite, Zircon
Locality: Spruce Pine Mining District, North Carolina, USA
SKU: 477 B-1

$750.00

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