Carnotite Uranium Rock 8.1 Oz Wgt.; 78,700. and similar items

Natural Uranium Rock: CARNOTITE Weight: 8.1 oz. Radiation: 78,700. CPM (counts-per-minute) $65.00 plus $12.80 shipping This rock was found during July 2025 at a mining rock pile at Jurassic Canyon NM, just 18 miles NW from Grants NM. During the 1950s, the beginning decade for uranium mining there, many who lived at Grants NM installed a decorative front-licence-plate that declared, "GRANTS NM: URANIUM CAPITAL OF USA." This license plate can be seen even today, displayed at the National Museum of Nuclear History and Science, located at the east side of Albuquerque NM. This museum had been previously located at the Kirtland Air Force Base, adjoining the Albuquerque airport. But after the September 11th event, the museum was removed from the air base and was relocated to its present location. Following 9-11, the move to the present location was done because it was felt that the general public should be kept off of the air base because a large proportion of the Air Force's nuclear arsenal is stored at this air base. CARNOTITE is the most common mineral form of uranium that is found at Jurassic Canyon. Sometimes it contains microscopic amounts of RADIUM mixed with its uranium content. During the 1920s, Polish physicist MARIE CURIE traveled from the University of Paris to Uravan Colorado, to teach the miners there how to identify natural rocks that contain radium mixed with the more common uranium mineral content. Stephen Buggie, Ph.D. "Have geigers, will travel" Professor Emeritus Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup