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Oh my apologies let's try this again
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Odanscoils
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Hmmm. Could be pitchblende.
Lottsa uranium in that stuff.
Don't breathe the smoke or dust.
Handling is okay. Just wash your hands and face after. And any clothes contaminated by dust.
Unless you put a chunk in your pocket and carry it around. It's safe to handle.
Just don't store around people.
Actually shouldn't do that with any rock.
Here's a few samples.
Pick up one of these. Know for sure.
Quite an impressive device. For the money.
Phone connects to app showing spectral range and ID of all radiation thru net connection.
Love it !!
Worth every penny.
Wish I had this back when I did a little prospecting for it.
Only some kind of Geiger counter can tell for sure.
Some decent ones cheaper on Amazon.
Though will not specifically ID what radioactive ore you have. Like the Radiocode.
P. S.
Big chunky specimens bring a pretty good penny.
Mostly found in the SW. And an eastern region.
www.radiacode.com
Lottsa uranium in that stuff.
Don't breathe the smoke or dust.
Handling is okay. Just wash your hands and face after. And any clothes contaminated by dust.
Unless you put a chunk in your pocket and carry it around. It's safe to handle.
Just don't store around people.
Actually shouldn't do that with any rock.
Here's a few samples.
Pick up one of these. Know for sure.
Quite an impressive device. For the money.
Phone connects to app showing spectral range and ID of all radiation thru net connection.
Love it !!
Worth every penny.
Wish I had this back when I did a little prospecting for it.
Only some kind of Geiger counter can tell for sure.
Some decent ones cheaper on Amazon.
Though will not specifically ID what radioactive ore you have. Like the Radiocode.
P. S.
Big chunky specimens bring a pretty good penny.
Mostly found in the SW. And an eastern region.
Radiacode Products: scintillation detector, radiation dosimeter, radiation meter
Radiacode is a portable radiation detector, dosimeter and spectrometer that uses a highly sensitive scintillation detector for analyzing environmental radiation levels in real time. 20 times faster than a conventional Geiger counter. Radiacode detects isotopes from the radiation spectrum...
www.radiacode.com
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Odanscoils
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Ummm. I beg to differ.
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I said pitchblende doesn't burn. Said nothing about the chemical you posted which is not pitchblende. Pitchblende is also called uraninite. Sorry, it can not burn. Uranium powder mentioned in your post is NOT pitchblende. Uranium powder is made from pitchblende by crushing it, leaching it chemically and then precipitating out the product of that process that forms yellow cake. That is flammable in the fine powder form. But then it is no longer pitchblende. Pitchblende is mostly UO2 and UO3 where as yellow cake is U308. And no, I don't have this in my head, I had to use Google for the info. But I did stay at a holiday inn last night. 
It's all good. Sometimes I know enough to be dangerous.
It's all good. Sometimes I know enough to be dangerous. 
Geologyhound
Well-known member
When you say gold in the pan, is that just based on color or is it actually dense gold which settles in the bottom of the pan and tends not to move? It is not uncommon for pyrite to be in coal deposits. It may look like a metal but it’s actually a sulfide not an oxide. If you’ve done much panning you’ll notice stuff like pyrite tends to move much easier than gold in the pan.