Specimens

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Specimen List

This is a listing of radioactive minerals in Rick's collection. The radioactivity comes from natural sources of uranium, thorium, and their daughter isotopes as the elements decay. There is no risk observing these specimens as long as they are treated with respect inside their containers, many are very fragile and you do not want to risk inhaling or ingesting their dust.

Autunite

A Uranium bearing mineral that glows under UV, very fragile and radioactive.

Boltwoodite

A uranium bearing ore, formed from the oxidation of other uranium ores. It is radioactive.

Boltwoodite with Calcite

A uranium bearing ore, with a layer of calcite covering the crystals. It is radioactive.

Brannerite with Gersdorffite

A highly radioactive uranium ore.

Carnotite

Coffinite

A dark to pale brown uranium ore. This mineral is radioactive.

Davidite-(Ce)

A rare earth oxide mineral, also containing uranium. This mineral is radioactive.

Davidite-(La)

A rare earth oxide mineral, also containing uranium. This mineral is radioactive.

Deliensite

A uranium bearing, rare hydrous silicate mineral found in metamorphic rocks.

Guilleminite & Derriksite

A specimen of two Uranium bearing minerals, one yellow, and one green.

Kamotoite-(Y)

One of 4 currently known yttrium-uranium(uranyl) minerals of the natural salts class.

Kasolite

An uncommon lead uranyl silicate monohydrate mineral.

Marthozite

A rare, uranium bearing mineral.

Metatorbernite

Metatorbernite is a rare, radioactive mineral that belongs to the uranium and phosphate mineral group.

Petscheckite

A uranium bearing pegmatite.

Phurcalite

A calcium uranyl hydrated phosphate uranium bearing mineral.

Saléeite

A secondary uranium mineral occurring in oxidized zones of uranium deposits.

Thorite

A rare, thorite bearing mineral.

Torbernite

Torbernite is a copper uranyl phosphate containing Uranium.

Uraninite

A radio active mineral, that is a primary source of Uranium.

Uranocircite

A uranium bearing mineral.

Uranophane

A rare calcium uranium silicate hydrate mineral that forms from the oxidation of other uranium-bearing minerals.

Zeunerite on Fluorite

The green crystals are Zeunerite, a uranium bearing mineral, on Fluorite (purple). This mineral is radioactive.

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