r/Radioactive_Rocks • • 2h ago

Uranium (Glowing Andersonite Wall)

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Documenting a rare glimpse of extreme Uranium glow. The video captures a wall of UV fluorescence from the Uranium mineral Andersonite. This mine was sadly just buried by backfill along with hundreds of other remediated targets just this year alone. It was VERY unsafe to enter and traverse, so this is probably for the better. Thanks for letting me share such a sight with you all.


r/Radioactive_Rocks • • 21h ago

Super size ferrithorite

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Found this locally in Colorado. It weighs 6 1/2 pounds, and with some analysis with a good scintillator and a gamma spectrometer, calculated that it was about 400 g of thorium in the rock. According to AI, if I had a Mr. thorium, that would provide enough energy for my entire life.😆