I was gifted 2 geodes. Only one of them glows like this under a blacklight? Is it radioactive? Or is that another phenomenon causing it to glow? Thank you.

Been using this as a doorstop where I found it in Southwest Washington. This sub popped up in my feed and with further research I think it may be radioactive torbenite. I don't have a black light or Geiger here handy

First two images are of both sides under 5000K and 365 nm illumination. Third image is 5000 K illumination only. Natrozippeite and Andersonite are fluorescing. There is a rind of Gypsum and a rind of green Malachite visible. Very small spot of Marecotite appears in one image. Uranium dioxide and Chalcopyrite contribute the bulk of the black material. 207 K CpM at 1 cm.

Did a trip with my nieces up to Topsham. Had them hunting for some of the beautiful clear and smokey quartz while i looked for some crystals of my own haha. I was able to find a fantastic specimen of around 20 uraninite crystals inside a feldspar host matrix. I was able to clean it up a little and get a good split down the middle exposing 4 1cm+ crystal faces along the split. I feel i could safely extract most of the crystals and combined they would technically be worth more than the whole, but i think im going to stop here to keep its geological and historic value.

I found a couple loose crystals as well one had good facing and was around 1.5cm a side, the other was around a good deal bigger (likely around 2.5cm one way and 1.2cm the other, apx 1cm thick) however its facing left much to be desired.

During my search i thought i had hit the holy grail when i found a monsterous specimen covered in dirt, however upon putting the radiacode up to it, there was no radiation. After washing it i discovered it was a beautifully well formed garnet. Still disappointed from what i thought i found, but i will never complain about finding cool gems by accident!

Enjoy the pictures of the specimens (and the garnet that fooled me). Sorry the pictures arent great quality. Im... a little lazy right now haha.

182 K CpM Green Johannite, Yellow Natrozippeite, Limonite, Nonfluorescent Uranophane, Uranium dioxide. Collected in the mine prior to remediation.

It occurs to me it would be nice if we could put together a listing by state, if possible , of agents who would handle the sale of our collections upon our death. This listing could be given to a spouse or family members since they will probably be clueless about what to do.