Uraninite

 

 

Origin: Deep Creek, Bryson City, Swain Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Uraninite encased in gold

Origin: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Origin: Marica Co., Minas Gerais, Brazil

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  

Origin: Topsham, Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.9 cm

 

Uraninite with a small amount of exsolved gold on the surface

Origin: Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Democratic Rep. of the Congo

Sample size: 2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Trinityminerals.com

 

Black mm-sized sphaerolites and massive in matrix

Origin: Menzenschwand, Kunkelbachtal, Schwarzwald, Germany

Sample size: micromount

 

Inclusions of black uraninite and graphite schist fragments in dolomite

  

Massive black uraninite on quartz matrix

Origin: Schacht 38, Schlema,Saxony, Germany

Sample size: 6 x 10 x 14 cm (top), 4 x 10 x 7 cm (bottom)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

 

  

Origin: Swamp # 1 mine, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, U.S.A.
ex. Trebilcock collection to Charlie Key collection

Sample size: 3 x 2 x 1.7 cm (top), 5.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm (2nd/bottom row)

 

  

  

Origin: Katanga Province, Zaire

Sample size: 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Uraninite in columbite in albite

Origin: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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