For Sale: Uranium Ore

I’m offering excess uranium ore from my early summer trips for sale. This includes an assortment of decent specimen pieces from Lisbon Valley, San Juan Co., Utah, and bulk carnotite-tyuyamunite ore from the Grants, NM region. Read below for details.

The Utah material, top, is a hard, coarse-grained red Chinle sandstone incorporated with veins and disseminated black uraninite. Fracture faces exhibit some colorful andersonite and other secondary uranium minerals. This comes from Big Indian Valley, San Juan Co., Utah. Piece descriptions and suggested pricing are provided after the jump.

The New Mexico material, bottom, comes from Poison Canyon near Grants, NM. It is a tough, gray Todilto limestone saturated with yellow carnotite and tyuyamunite and occasionally some dark-colored uraniferous humates. Unfortunately this collecting location has become inaccessible and this may be the last batch of this stuff for a while. Sold by weight at $12 / kg.

Utah Ore Pricing Schedule (refer to image above)

Note: radiation measurements are made with CDV-700 Geiger probe, open against the specimen.

1. 30 kCPM, 2.8 kg $50
2. 10 kCPM, 1.0 kg $10
3. 20 kCPM, 1.1 kg $20
4. 20 kCPM, 0.96 kg $20
5. 15 kCPM, 0.37 kg $6
6. 13 kCPM, 0.83 kg $10
7. 15 kCPM, 0.51 kg $8
8. 25 kCPM, 1.3 kg $25
9. 15 kCPM, 0.77 kg $10
10. 19 kCPM, 0.43 kg $12
11. 19 kCPM, 0.81 kg $17
12. 15 kCPM, 0.14 kg $5
13. 25 kCPM, 0.41 kg $15
14. 18 kCPM, 0.54 kg $14
15. 25 kCPM, 0.50 kg $18
16. 24 kCPM, 0.18 kg $10
17. —
18. 26 kCPM, 0.35 kg $16

The Grants, NM ore averages about 5 kCPM and is sold by weight. I will try to honor requests for large pieces, small pieces, etc., but I will not break up rocks to suit. What you get is what I have. Also, minimum order of 500 g is in effect (none of these 10-cent sales).

Fine Print: Contact me at willis.219@osu.edu or 505-412-3277. Sales are only to addresses in the United States. Shipping is extra. Educators get a 50% discount (note, educator status must be verifiable). Payment via check or PayPal. I am not a wholesale dealer—I don’t mind if the buyer sells / trades in limited quantities, but if you just mark this stuff up and flip it on eBay, we shan’t do business again!