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Uraninite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Uraninite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Uraninite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Uraninite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Uraninite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Uraninite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 44649
Mineral:Uraninite
Locality:Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Several cubo-octahedral uraninite crystals in brown albite matrix. The uraninite crystals have metamict surface alteration with radiation brown burns in the surrounding albite. Radioactive. Ex. Chas. W. Velte Jr. (1914-1987) collection #593
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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