TYUYAMUNITE NATURAL
URANIUM ROCK
Radiation level: 61,000 CPM;
Found at Jurassic Canyon NM
uranium field October 2018
TYUYAMUNITE is a fairly common
natural uranium mineral. It relates to
another uranium mineral, CARNOTITE.
Carnotite emerges as a weathered-
version of Tyuyamunite, with yellow
coloration where uranium is visible on
the rock. Typically, it has scattered
colors of yellow and black on its rock
surface. Both Tyuyamunite and
Carnotite rocks are found nearby in
the same uranium fields, near the
ground surface.
Radiation levels above 40,000. CPM are
considered high levels, with regard to
comparison with other natural
radioactive rocks. This rock, with its
61,000. CPM response, is high level.
(NOTE that applications in industrial,
medical, or military uses have far
higher radiation levels than those
found in natural uranium rocks.)
is most commonly emitted by natural
uranium. ( By contrast, Gamma ray
radiation, is the "Macho" type of
radiation. Gamma rays penetrate all
barriers, even metals such as lead.
Gamma rays make space travel difficult,
because cosmic rays in outer space are
mainly gamma radiation. Cosmic radiation
at the ISS space station is 240 times
more intense than natural surface
radiation on Earth; At the surface of red
GRB interrupted low-frequency AM-
1980s for the USSR Soviet military; it is
tuned to respond mainly to gamma rays; if
aimed upward at the sky, it could detect
distant GRB signals from other galaxies, such
as the one that hit Earth in October 2022.
ALL SALES must be to USA addresses.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
and also USPS regulations, forbid
the export of natural uranium rocks to
to any address at any foreign country.
Stephen Buggie, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup
Gallup NM 87301-6979