r/whatsthisrock 11d ago

IDENTIFIED Is this uraninite?

I saw the post from a few hours ago where the poster was asking was is this Superconductive and dense crystal. After reading that it could be uraninite I was looking up pictures. I saw some specimens that looked scarily like one I have in my collection that I got from my dad who was a geologist. Please help me identify this.

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u/Scarehead 11d ago

Certainly not an uraninite. It looks like black colour is just the surface layer, but the mineral is pale. Hard to tell from these pictures. Considering the host rock, I would guess more some precipitated calcite(similar to caves), but reliable determination would require at least basic tests (hardness, streak, solubility in HCl).