Description
Species: Samarskite-(Y)
Locality: Platt Pegmatite, Encampment, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
Dimensions: 4.4 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm.
Ex. George Kamin Collection
Nice solid specimen of waxy black Samarskite-(Y) with a thin yellow alteration rind from the Platt Pegmatite, Encampment, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA. Measures ~40,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Rare!