Uranophane: Grants District, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA

$100.00

Uranophane: Grants District, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA

$100.00

1 in stock

Description

Species: Uranophane

Locality: Grants District, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA

Size: 3.2 x 3.1 x 4.3 cm. (74 Grams)

Ex. Jack Nieburger Collection

A great example of the crystallized uranophane, forming vivid yellow bundles of accicular crystals in vuggy limestone matrix from a well-known locality for the mineral, the Grants District in northern New Mexico. Measures ~50,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Rare!