$15.00 plus $6.20 shipping
BLACK HEAVY
URANINITE (uranium)
MINERAL ROCK
$15.00 plus shipping 0.7 oz weight
20 gm weight
AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS
URANIUM MINE: CHARLIE STEEN'S
MI VIDA MINE, Lisbon Valley UT
The rock was found, June 2021, at ground
surface, at Jurassic Canyon NM. In 1952, Texas geologist
Charlie Steen applied his geological discovery theory at his "Mi Vida Mine"
and found an enormous untouched deposit of black pure
uranium. This type of valuable uranium was already
known in central Europe as "pitchblende," but Charlie
Steen renamed it as uraninite. During the next ten years,
geologist Charlie had 130 million dollars at his
mine (a $billion in today's money). His town of Moab UT
became known as a wealthy town; Steen held annual
parties for the entire town, paid from his uranium fortune.
He donated generously to local schools and charities, and,
served three years in the Utah State Senate.
Whoever buys this uraninite rock will get a copy of a 90 minute
DVD video, Moab's Uranium Craze. Today, Moab's
uranium boom has ended but it has now become a center
for mountain biking, being surrounded by three red-
rock national parks.
The sale of this small rock is an informal "experiment"
to check whether Bonanza readers can detect a genuine
bargain in the ads. Ordinarily, a uranium rock with
an activity level of 154,000 cpm will sell for $75. to
$90., but in this ad, the price is very low: $15.00 plus
$6.20 shipping. If this rock is not sold within a week, it
tells me that rock collectors are not reading these ads
carefully. I will be happy if this one rock sells quickly!
A Bicron Analyst geiger instrument and a standard
44-9 pancake probe assisted in this rock's
valuable discovery. The rock's activity level is in
the faster range, relative to other similar natural rocks
and above that of FiestaWare orange
plates. Its measured response rate, 154k
cpm,is approximately 5.1 times that detected from
Fiesta Ware ceramic dinner plates crafted during
the FiestaWare uranium era, 1936- 1943.
Weight of rock: 0.7 oz.
WHAT TYPE OF MINERAL
IS THE ROCK?
It is very likely uraninite. Advice from
any geologists who can identify this ore
more precisely will be appreciated. This
handsome rock was made in USA!
HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF
BLACK URANINITE URANIUM
Czechoslovakia in central Europe had
huge reserves of uraninite uranium during
the early years of WWII, and these reserves,
known as "pitchblende," were available to Hitler
and the German Nazis. This became known
to U.S. intelligence, and it made America's
Manhattan Project (1942-45) especially
urgent. Later, around 1950-1970, uraninite
was the top ore in geologist Charley Steen's
most famous uranium mine 30 miles S.E.
of Moab Utah, the Mi Vida Mine.
SOURCES: 1947 Hollywood movie: Manhattan Project
- Beginning or the End; also 1965 set of three
16mm color films, Uranium Craze at Moab Utah.
BONUS 40-MINUTE DVD VIDEO,
NOT FOUND ON YOUTUBE!
Enclosed with the uranium rock will be my
original DVD video disk, Jurassic Canyon Uranium
Fields, dated March 2017 and July 2019. This
40-minute video provides a narrated video tour
of the NM locale where many rocks can be found
through prospecting. This exclusive DVD
video program is enclosed at no extra cost.
(This video is NOT to be uploaded to YouTube.)
ACTIVITY LEVELS OF THE ROCK
This rock was measured with a pancake probe on a Ludlum 2200
ratemeter / scaler, the most accurate geiger instrument available.
The terms LOW / MIDDLE / HIGH activity are by comparison only
with other natural uranium rocks; these terms DO NOT compare
any of the rocks with medical, industrial, or military applications.
ALL FEDERAL AND POSTAL
REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED
These regulations allow rock collectors to
own and to mail natural uranium rocks. The
federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
owns uranium fields and allows hobbyist "rock
hounds" to gather rocks at those fields. The
rocks must be properly labeled, and must be
double-boxed when mailed. The federal Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not allow any
manufacturing from the rocks without an advance
NRC license. The rock parcels can be mailed to
addresses within the USA but are NOT allowed
to be exported to any foreign country.
SHIPPING COST: ONLY
THE ACTUAL USPS POSTAGE
Some sellers conceal the actual postage
cost; If the actual postage cost is
$0.20 or more below what you paid, I
will fully refund the amount overpaid to your
account, as soon as the package is mailed.
SHIPPING NOTES
I do combined shipping, so look at my other
ads, also. If you order two or more items,
pay the postage as stated in the ad. Then,
when the parcel is mailed, I will refund
any overpayment on postage above
the actual cost of postage. The
parcel will be wrapped and shipped in
accordance with all postal regulations.
The following postal statement
will be affixed to the package:
NATURAL UNPROCESSED ORE
This package conforms to the standards of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's rules 40.13
and 40.22, as well as USPS Packaging Instruc-
tion 7A and USPS Publication 52, Section 347.22
Price: $15.00 plus $6.20 shipping
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Stephen Buggie, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor Emeritus
Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup