JTL URANIUM ROCK JURASSIC TODILTO LIMESTONE 6.1 oz weight 64,000. CPM Radiation $12.80 priority shipping cost Jurassic Canyon, located near Grants NM This rock was collected at ground level (not underground) during September 2018, at the Jurassic Canyon, located 20 miles NW of the town of Grants NM. As a type of limestone, it was produced at a body of water in visible layers. Of the several types of uranium minerals, its layers of mineral are very visible. When you buy this rock, I will enclose a photocopy of a research article that confirms that the rock was produced gradually in water, during a time interval of thousands or millions of years. The water body was called Ambrosia Lake, which has been dry for millions of years. The really special feature of Jurassic Todilto Limestone is that, this is the type of uranium rock that is most likely to contain fossils of radioactive dinosaurs, at least when compared with other types of uranium ore. Why is radioactivity so likely to be found at Jurassic Canyon? The answer is clear: This canyon is situated in the shadow of MOUNT TAYLOR, a long-extinct volcano that carried radioactive uranium from deep within the Earth, transporting this mineral to the surface or to shallow locations near the surface. The Mount Taylor Mine is located five miles from Jurassic Canyon; this mine has the richest past history of producing uranium; richest compared with all other undeground mines in USA. The "Mother Lode" of the Mount Taylor Mine is at a 3,000. ft depth, and it extends horizontally for six miles, going directly under the extinct volcano. The Mother Lode varies from 200 ft to 600 ft thick, at the 3,000. ft depth. The Mount Taylor volcano was very active from 200 million to 146 million years ago, when this local area was inhabited by many species of dinosaurs, including ALLOSAURUS, "the king of radioactive dinosaurs." The T-Rex species, featured often in Hollywood movies, did not inhabit this area until 50 million years later, when the uranium volcano had become extinct, and when much of the uranium mineral was covered by soil. This volcano was named after U.S. President Zachary Taylor, who followed President James Polk, who defeated Mexico in the U.S. - Mexican War of the late 1840s. SUGGESTION TO URANIUM ROCK HOUNDS: JOIN ME SOON TO COLLECT MORE ROCKS! The underground mines at Jurassic Canyon closed during the late 1980s, because nuclear power had become unpopular at that time. But today, nuclear power has restored its popularity among environmentalists, mainly because it has NO carbon content and it contributes nothing to global warming. The underground mining will resurrect, if/when the world price of uranium reaches $65.00 per lb. Currently, (4-2024) that price is rising, and is approx. $92.00. The whole town of Grants NM is eager to see the return of prosperity when the mines are eventually re-opened again! But uranium "rockhounds" should arrange with me soon, to join me for uranium rock-collecting; when the mines re-open, ten-ft high fences will keep "rockhounds" away from the best rock-collecting sites! It has now been two full years since I have been out there collecting rocks with visitors; join me now! My first 14 of 35 trips to Jurassic Canyon were done alone, but that is risky because the uranium field is inhabited by a few rattlesnakes; I fear that, if I collect rocks alone and get a snake bite, I might not be able to drive the car 22 miles to the hospital in Grants. I need a companion when collecting the rocks! On the last day of a 3-5 day outing, I divide the found rocks with the guest, 50-50 so we each get the same weight of found rocks, at the end. If any found rocks are radioactive dinosaur fossils, those too are shared 50-50. Arrange your rock-collecting visit! ALPHA RADIATION is the radiation type that is most easily blocked by barriers, even by clothing, paper, or the skin. Alpha radiation is the radiation type that is most commonly emitted by natural uranium. By contrast, Gamma ray radiation, is the "Macho" type of radiation. Gamma rays penetrate all barriers, even metals such as lead. Gamma rays make space travel difficult, because cosmic rays in outer space are mainly gamma radiation.Cosmic radiation at the ISS space station is 240 times more intense than natural surface radiation on Earth; At the surface of red planet Mars, the radiation is 730 times more intense than Earth's surface adiation. The Gamma Ray Burst of October 2022, a tightly focused narrow beam, traveled 2.4 billion light years to Earth; it was the most intense energy event since the early "Big Bang." That GRB interrupted low-frequency AM- radio on Earth for four days. Learn more about Gamma Ray Bursts at YouTube! There are now about 80 teaching videos on GRBs at YouTube; this is one of the most amazing topics in all of astronomy. My P3 geiger probe has a large 3" pancake sensor made at Ukraine in the late 1980s for the USSR Soviet military; it is tuned to respond mainly to gamma rays; if aimed upward at the sky, it could detect distant GRB signals from other galaxies, such as the one that hit Earth in October 2022. Stephen Buggie, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup Gallup NM 87301-6979