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

Description

Species: Uranophane

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

Dimensions: 8 x 7.5 x 6 cm. (242 grams)

Ex. David P. Wilber Collection

For the famous Grants uranium mining area of northwestern New Mexico, this is a killer uranophane specimen, featuring abundant coatings and botryoidal masses of vivid-yellow uranophane on a buff sandstone matrix. Measures ~140,000 CPM  on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Rare!