Radioactive coipper ore specimens
Oct 30, 2023 5:47:24 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Oct 30, 2023 5:47:24 GMT -5
I get these from a location really close to a uranium deposit and have checked them with the Geiger counter as they contain several uranium minerals such as carnotite (potassium vanadium uranyl hydroxide). Radioactivity level just above safer level so not overly dangerous, but not pieces you want to handle too much. I have some other really nice specimens from a previous trip I will have to photograph, and picked up some smaller pieces I am thinking about tumbling for the heck of it. Most have a chalcedony base that from what I can tell has turned green from the radiation as the chalcedony specimens I dug from the uranium deposit are the same green color.
Here is a sample of the radioactive green chalcedony.
