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Roger Warin
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
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 Posted: Mar 03, 2013 12:23 Post subject: Radioactive minerals |
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Hello,
Welcome to Benjamin, a radioactive minerals lover...
Here is a nice group of radioactive minerals of Katanga. This is an association with an exceptional quality of billietite, studtite and uranophane. These uranyl minerals come from Shinkolobwe (Katanga - DRC).
Roger.
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Billietite, studtite, uranophane
Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre).
Exceptional piece |
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Benj
Joined: 03 Mar 2013
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Location: Nantes City, FRANCE.
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 14:16 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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Very beautifull !!
My contribution...
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Autunite
Lignol, Morbihan, Brittany Area, Armoric Massif, France.
35*25 mm |
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Zeunerite with Tyrolite
Rabéjac, Hérault, Central Massif, France.
20*15 mm |
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Uranophane-B with Mixite
Rabéjac, Hérault, Central Massif, France.
15*10 mm
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Pete Modreski
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Location: Denver, Colorado
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 15:48 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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Hi, Roger, Benj, et al.,
Thanks for sharing the pictures. If I may, just a suggestion? For those of us who'd like to look at them but may not be 100% familiar with all uranium minerals--it would be extra helpful for your captions to clarify which mineral is which. Especially for these, because there are so many of these minerals in similar colors of yellow and green! For example, I THINK the studtite is the large orange crystals, but I'm not completely certain. It will save us from jumping back & forth to mindat to compare colors and crystal habits with the photos!
Thanks and best regards,
Pete
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Benj
Joined: 03 Mar 2013
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Location: Nantes City, FRANCE.
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 15:59 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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Hello Pete,
-Zeunerite = green
-Tyrolite (no radioactive) = blue.
-Uranophane = yellow.
-Mixite = blue
;)
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Pete Modreski
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 16:18 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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Thanks, Benjamin! (I was pretty sure of those ones...)
Pete
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John Medici
Joined: 02 Mar 2011
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 21:37 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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A few Canadian representatives. The thorite went in prematurely (Kemp Prospect is near Cheddar, Ontario, Canada and the thorite is 4 cm. across.)
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Betafite
Silver Crater Mine near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada |
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65154 Time(s) |
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Zircons (slightly radioactive) with betafite
Silver Crater Mine
(1 cm ring) |
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| Silver Crater entrance road in April |
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| Brett M. and Jay M. at Silver Crater |
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Thorite
Kemp Prospect, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada |
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Thorite
Kemp Prospect, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
Thorite in calcite matrix |
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Uraninite
Fission Mine area, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada
4 cm (larger crystal) |
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64995 Time(s) |
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| J.M. in uraninite-apatite-massive fluorite pocket. Wilberforce, Cardiff Twp., Ontario, Canada |
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John Medici
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 21:54 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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One from the USA.
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Samarskite
Webb Mine, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA
4.5X2.6 cm |
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64875 Time(s) |
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Ru Smith
Joined: 13 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 22:32 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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| Fantastic Silver Crater betafite, John! Have you ever seen twinned zircon from there?
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John Medici
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2013 22:52 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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I haven't found any twinned zircons from there, Ru, but have not spent much time in the zircon-rich area which is somewhat harder rock in general.
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2013 01:55 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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| John Medici wrote: | | A few Canadian representatives. The thorite went in prematurely (Kemp Prospect is near Cheddar, Ontario, Canada and the thorite is 4 cm. across.) |
Awesome betafite and thorite crystals!!
Regards
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Benj
Joined: 03 Mar 2013
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Location: Nantes City, FRANCE.
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2013 03:18 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you !!
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Benj
Joined: 03 Mar 2013
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Location: Nantes City, FRANCE.
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2013 06:20 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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Other...
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Betafite
Betafo, Madagascar
14*12 mm |
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64807 Time(s) |
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Cuprosklodowskite
Musonoï, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre).
length= 45 mm |
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Cuprosklodowskite
Musonoï, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre).
length = 45 mm |
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Pete Modreski
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Location: Denver, Colorado
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2013 20:49 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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| Wow, what a lode of thorite crystals!
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John Medici
Joined: 02 Mar 2011
Posts: 124
Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Mar 06, 2013 17:25 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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| Pete Modreski wrote: | | Wow, what a lode of thorite crystals! |
Yes Pete, we got a bit irradiated ourselves on that dig! The Grenville rocks around Bancroft have a reputation for producing large, ugly crystals in general. I'll add another photo to illustrate that some pretty crystals are there also. (plus another photo and a bit of trivia).
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Uranophane
Faraday Uranium mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
Field of view 6 cm across |
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| Joey Galt around 1100 ft. down in Faraday Mine. (Joey's husband Eric had his ID stolen by James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's assassin, during his flight to Canada) |
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Benj
Joined: 03 Mar 2013
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Location: Nantes City, FRANCE.
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2013 05:21 Post subject: Re: Radioactive minerals |
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Nice and very interesting photo John !
Here the uraninite (petchblend), kindly donated by a former geologist engineer of CEA (french Atomic Energy Agency) and BRGM (french agency of géological and mining research).
He found in 1956.
Attention : do not put it under his pillow ! LOL.
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
70*50 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow) |
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
70*50 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow)
Same specimen |
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64453 Time(s) |
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
70*50 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow)
Same specimen |
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64385 Time(s) |
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
70*50 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow)
Same specimen |
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64417 Time(s) |
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
45*30 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow) |
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64396 Time(s) |
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
45*30 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow)
Same specimen |
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64592 Time(s) |
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Uraninite, Gummite
Ty Gallen Mine, Morbihan, Brittany Area, France.
45*30 mm
Uraninite (black) with Gummite (brown and yellow)
Same specimen |
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64439 Time(s) |
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