Uraninite (Pitchblende) Rock 1.4 Oz; 27,900. and 50 similar items

Natural Uranium Rock URANINITE (PITCHBLENDE) Weight: 1.4 Oz. Radiation: 27,900 CPM (counts-per-minute) $24.00 plus $9.50 shipping This rock was found at the Jurassic Canyon mining area, located 18 miles NW of Grants NM, during July 2025. It was dug out of a giant waste rock pile, left by one of the twenty large mines that were active from 1950 until 1989. Here in the USA, the "Hero of Uraninite Mining" was Charley Steen, a Texas geologist who discovered, in 1952, a huge preserve of uraninite rocks at the Lisbon Valley, located 40 miles S.E. of Moab Utah. Charley's mine was named the "MI VIDA MINE," and I visited it on a five-day rock-collecting trip during June 2017. The entrance to this mine appears, from outside, to be completely open for visitors. However, 15 ft inside, there is a floor-to-ceiling brick wall. The brick wall was installed so that curious visitors do not fall down any steep inclines or otherwise get trapped inside the long-vacant mine today. (In my case, my wife, who allows me to collect uranium rocks, has absolutely forbidden me to venture into any underground mine, anywhere.) This rock has ONE white dot, which shows the location on the rock's surface with the strongest radioactive response. Stephen Buggie, Ph,D. Professor Emeritus Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup "Have geigers, will travel" $24.00 plus $9.50 shipping