Uranospinite



A patchy crust of fine-grained, pale to vivid yellow, dull-lustered uranospinite on medium-grained graphitic marble.  This specimen, a fine example from this find, is the one in which uranospinite from Sterling Hill was first identified.  It was found by John Kolic on September 17, 1981, and was labeled no. 448 in his collection.  It is now specimen SHMM-2089 in the collection of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

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Patchy crust of fine-grained, pale to vivid yellow, dull-lustered uranospinite on medium-grained graphitic marble

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Identifier: URS1a
Locality: 1220 crosscut at 1220N, 570W, 1100 level, Sterling mine, Ogdensburg
Specimen size: 8.5 x 7 x 5 cm
Photo credit: Earl R. Verbeek