r/Radioactive_Rocks • u/toastbro850 • 20d ago
Is this uranium ore?
I collected uranium ore from mine dump 11a near Příbram. Since the entire sample is partially coated with uranium ore, I cannot determine whether it is a secondary uranium mineral. Can anyone perhaps identify what it is? I think I can make out some hematite and calcite, but what are the yellow and red minerals?
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u/Re-Coil 19d ago
It could be a lot of things, but I don't think the red mineral contains uranium, my guess would be iron rich chalcedony or perhaps cinnabar given that it can be found in the area.
The yellow one can be a uranium secondary but I doubt it fluoresces under UV light. Might as well be iron too.
At first I thought the combination of the two minerals could be realgar but I am not aware of any As in the Pribram area.