URANINITE BLACK
URANIUM MINERAL ROCK
$33.00 plus shipping 1.8 oz weight
51 gm weight
AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS
URANIUM MINE: CHARLIE STEEN'S
MI VIDA MINE, Lisbon Valley UT
The rock was found, April 2019, at ground surface,
20 miles N.W. from Grants NM In 1952,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
uranitite. During the next ten years, geologist Charlie
gained 130 million idollars 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.
A Bicron Analyst geiger instrument and a standard
44-9 pancake probe assisted in this rock's discovery.
The rock was found on the ground surface, at the
uranium field 20 miles N.W. of Grants NM. The rock's
activity level is in the faster range, relative to other
similar natural rocks and above that of Fiesta are
orange plates. Its measured response rate, 114k cpm,
is approximately 3.8 times that detected from Fiesta
Ware ceramic dinner plates crafted during the Fiesta
Ware uranium era, 1936- 1943. The white dot, seen
in photos, identifies the surface area with fastest activity.
Weight of rock: 1.8 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!
LAST TWO PHOTOS
These are recent pictures from the NM Museum
of Natural History, at Albuquerque. 90% of the
displays are of dinosaurs. The pictures are a model
of an Allosaurus predator, and a skull of a radioactive
predator found at Jurassic Canyon NM.
HISTORICAL 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.
NAME OF THIS
URANIUM CANYON
The previous location name, Poison Canyon, was misleading.
The older location name had nothing to do with either uranium
or radioactivity. This canyon has several non-radioactive
minerals (e.g., selenium, arsenic) that are toxic if eaten
by livestock such as cattle or sheep. The new name,
Jurassic Canyon, is geologically and historically correct,
because the massive amount of uranium ore was released
to the surface here from the Mt. Taylor active volcano
during the Jurassic Era, when dinosaurs were common. In
June 2021, I found TWO fossilized juvenile velociraptor
skulls, both highly radioactive. If I find a third radioactive
dinosaur fossil, I will invite paleontologists (dinosaur
scientists) from Univ. of Chicago or from Yale Univ.
to join me here at the canyon, to prospect for more.
BONUS 40-MINUTE DVD VIDEO,
NOT FOUND ON YOUTUBE!
Enclosed with the uranium rock will be
my original DVD video disk 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: $33.00 plus $12.80 shipping
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Stephen Buggie, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor Emeritus
Univ. of New Mexico