Uraninite or Fluorapatite: Madawaska Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Description

Species: Uraninite or Fluorapatite
Locality: Madawaska Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Dimensions: 6.5 x 2.5 x 6.7 cm.

Very interesting and unusual specimen from the famous Madawaska mine (known for it’s superb uranophane crystals) featuring well-formed cubic and dodecahedral uraninite crystals to ~7 mm. liberally peppering a matrix of crystallized fluorapatite! Measures a healthy ~80,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Rare!