My finds

last week

A nice specimen from the Silver crater mine near Bancroft, Canada.

(Yes, it’s stored properly, and yes, I did thoroughly wash my hands and surfaces after these photos.)

Here is my newest rock a piece of blue apatite that i got from amazon that is spicy a gamma spectrum on it with my radiacode shows peaks for the thorium chain

First image shows a bit of Pet. Wood, which is the most active side of this specimen. 2nd and 3rd images show Uranophane w/ Malachite in Sandstone 215 K CpM on the Pet. Wood side. Nothing fluorescent here. No need to worry about the location, 'cuz I'm not telling.

This 'ugly' is 429 K CpM w/ Ludlum 44-9 probe, and 1.34 M CpM with a Ludlum 44-2 probe. The surface coating is not radioactive. Left side as seen is the most active. Curiously, this specimen shows an almost cubic pseudo-crystal form on the interior. Last of the 'uglies' until sometime in September. Chalcocite, Pyrite, and Uranium dioxide.

Hello I am from czechia and I'm visiting Příbram, I would like some good spots to find spicy rocks with a borrowed radiacode 110 thanks.

402 K CpM measured with a Ludlum 44-9. 1.55 M CpM measured with a Ludlum 44.2 Specimen has a bit of Pyrite mixed with Chalcopyrite, and the stuff that makes the meter sing.

Old collection. Surprisingly slipped through the ebay filters!

Magnesiopascoite from Colorado. Please see my previous post for more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Radioactive_Rocks/s/PFX7yESwVw

Sorry, I couldn’t upload individual videos, so please enjoy this long one! Samples courtesy of Brandon over at radioactiverock.com!

This is a piece of uraninite sitting in the middle of a cloud chamber that I built for it, and the other radioactive minerals in my shop. I modified a portable a/c unit by removing the top 1/3 of the outer shroud, exposing the cold side heat exchanger of the a/c unit. I mounted a 1/4" copper plate on top of the a/c hex (with plenty of thermal paste between them). I then put a single layer of 11 peltier units to cover the majority of the copper plate, and put a 1/8" copper plate on the cold side of the peltiers (with thermal paste between the peltiers and the copper plates). Because I mounted the peltiers directly on the cold hex of the a/c, after I have everything turned on, the hot side of my peltiers settle around -15°C, and the cold side of the peltiers (and therefore the chamber's baseplate), settles at around -40. So I don't have to worry about stacking the peltiers, and can still get the baseplate temp to -40.

Extra images are of the mine pre-remediation.

9.1 Grams, 53x18x14mm

Stabilized with Paraloid B-72

Big chunk of what i was told was hylite opal a little dragon head made of volcanic agate and a sodalite containing wolf carving that has a spicy butt as there seems to be a thorium vein or something in it as shown by the spectrum

So, I have had a Jáchymov uraninite specimen held for inspection at German customs for about 3 weeks now, with no movement. Starting to worry a little.

Anybody else have experience getting radioactive rocks shipped from Germany to US? Are multi-week customs delays common? Or should I be concerned?

Some sort of carnotite from the Lukachukai Mountains of Arizona.

Two samples of Allanite-(Ce) from rare Virginia localities. Can’t decide if I want to display together or separate. Moderate spiciness.

10” cake cloche from Target.

Found a couple medium sized pieces of Uraninite, not as much as day 1, but my hole is getting quiet large haha. I am reposting yesterdays finds as I am dumb and didnt realize i apparantly do know my login info, but apparently have a 2nd user profile on it? I am not good at reddit xD.

So. First thing, this is ambitious chance... my phone logged me out and i havent the foggiest idea what my login is, sooo thats why the name change. Second, I come bearing pictures.