Description
Species: Uraninite var. Pitchblende
Locality: Moab area, Grand County, Utah, USA
Dimensions: 9.7 x 9 x 4 cm.
Weight: 610 grams
Ex. David P. Wilber collection
A very neat and very hot specimen featuring a dense, heavy black vein of solid pitchblende traversing the entirety of a piece of sandstone matrix from the Moab area of Utah. Measures over 200,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Geiger Counter with the 44-9 probe. From the noted radioactives collection of David P. Wilber. Rare!