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IP: Uranium on Ebay
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 07:35:15 -0400
[ Get you hot uranium today at EBay djf]
Hi Folks! Today I'm offering the opportunity of a lifetime to own a mineral sample for which there is no equal. Offered is the largest known piece of North Carolina Pitchblende, and possibly the largest Pitchblende in private hands anywhere. Coming back from a collecting trip, I dropped in on an Old Timer that I had befriended a while back. He told me to take my counter, turn it on, and follow him to the barn. What I experienced next was amazing! The counter started going nuts, and I finally traced it to an area under some hay. The Old Timer smiled, and we proceded to pull out a huge slab of Pitchblende: The sample is SOLID, and by my density calculations should be about 80% pure by weight. The only thing that came into my mind at seeing this wonder of nature is that it's a Godzilla of a sample, so that's what we've named it. Weight is just under 70 pounds. Actual Pitchblende content should be approximately 50 POUNDS. Size is approx 12" by 10" by 5". The top surface of Godzilla is nearly all Pitchblende interspersed with some Feldspar and a bit of Mica.. <snip>
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1143756944
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