Hi all
Been doing a bit more mineral photography and this one I think is particularly nice. It's a specimen of torbernite, a copper uranium phosphate, from a granite quarry at Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. It would set off a Geiger counter ok.
Field of view is 2mm. Camera Sony DSC-P150 through Olympus microscope.
Hot Stuff - A Uranium Phosphate...
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Hot Stuff - A Uranium Phosphate...
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Steve
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Steve
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Wow, that little thing is radioactive! Awesome! Can it be refined and enriched I wonder, is it fissionable? Nice photograph. I know little about such things but I find those that might possibly have nuclear applications quite interesting. Harry Truman did too!
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Kenneth Ramos
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Kenneth Ramos
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Kens Microscopy
Reposts of my images within the galleries are welcome, as are constructive critical critiques.
Thanks Ken
You could do all of that if you had enough of the stuff. It's usually the primary uranium minerals that are mined though, not secondary ones like this one. This locality doesn't have any where near enough. I did come across an interesting magazine article once (from the 1960s) that talked about the roads nearby being "hot". The quarry material is primarily for road base.
Regards
Steve
You could do all of that if you had enough of the stuff. It's usually the primary uranium minerals that are mined though, not secondary ones like this one. This locality doesn't have any where near enough. I did come across an interesting magazine article once (from the 1960s) that talked about the roads nearby being "hot". The quarry material is primarily for road base.
Regards
Steve
Regards
Steve
Look at everything everyday. No, really. Look at EVERYTHING EVERYDAY.
The Real Meaning of Life!
Steve
Look at everything everyday. No, really. Look at EVERYTHING EVERYDAY.
The Real Meaning of Life!