Uraninite: Chestnut Flats mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA

Species: Uraninite
Locality: Chestnut Flats mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Dimensions: 5.1 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm.

Nice specimen of black uraninite crystals to nearly 1 cm. in pegmatite matrix from the classic Chestnut Flats mine near Spruce Pine, North Carolina. This mine is noted for it’s superb and rare uraninite specimens and this is a nice inexpensive example, better in person. Measures ~70,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter with the 44-9 probe. Great example of this unusual rare earth element mineral from a classic and quite unusual North Carolina locality! Rare!