Coffinite: Temple Mountain District, Green River, Emery County, Utah

$100.00

Coffinite: Temple Mountain District, Green River, Emery County, Utah

$100.00

1 in stock

Description

Species: Coffinite

Locality: Temple Mountain District, Green River, Emery County, Utah, USA

Size: 14.5 x 10.1 x 4.7 cm (912 Grams) 

Nice, rich specimen of coffinite ore, from this remote and less common Utah locality. The coffinite forms coal-like horizontal bands in bedded sandstone matrix, with minor uraninite. Quite “hot” at over 150,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Survey Meter with the 44-9 probe (alpha shield on). Ex. University of Texas El Paso Geology Department Collection.