Description
Species: Uraninite
Locality: Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Dimensions: 20 mm x 16 mm x 12 mm
Spectacular, very sharp, very lustrous single cube-octahedral uraninite crystal from the world’s premier locality for the species, the Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA. For crystallized uraninite this is as good as it gets, just a killer thumbnail! Collected by Cliff Trebilcock, discoverer of the locality, in the 1970’s. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0023, pictured on Mindat.org. Rare!