NATURAL URANIUM ROCKS
3.5 OZ. SEALED MEDIUM POLY BAG
Most of these rocks are from Jurassic Canyon,
NM: Richest Surface-Level Uranium Field in the USA;
A few rocks may also be from Uravan. The empty two clear
poly bags, combined, weight
about 0.4 oz. The 3.5 oz.weight is for the
bare rocks only; I weigh the rocks on my digital scale, prior CO
or from Lisbon Valley UT.
I collected these rocks on several recent
prospecting trips, during June and July 2021. These
rocks are too small to sell individually, so they are
gathered as a small group, totalling 3.5 oz. weight.
The rocks are a random mixture of these enriched
mineral types: Jurassic Todilto Limestone
(JTL), Carnotite, Coffinite, Tyuyamunite, and
Uraninite. I will enclose a geology journal article
that declares Jurassic Canyon NM to be the main
worldwide source for JTL uranium rocks. What
makes this especially interesting is that the JTL
rock is the type most likely to contain radioactive
fossils of dinosaurs. Several states have locations
with ancient dinosaur fossils (e.g., Oregon's John
Day State Park, or Colorado's Dinosaur National
Monument), but only two locations have numerous
radioactive dinosaur fossils: Jurassic Canyon NM,
and sites near Price Utah's Dinosaur Museum.
WHY THE CHANGE FROM THE
2.5 OZ $9.00 SMALL BAGS?
The small bags: 2.5 oz of rocks for $9.00
plus shipping, will still be offered! Both
sizes will be available. The two clear poly
bags can hold this slightly larger weight of
rocks (3.5 oz. instead of 2.5 oz.), and yet
postage cost for mailing will remain constant
for the two size-choices. Radiation levels will
be similar: 10,000. CPM minimum, in the same
way, for the two size-choices. Adding the
3.5 oz. size enables me to include larger rocks
than what was possible previously for the smaller
2.5 oz. weight alternative.
THIS CHANGE IS NOT
PRICE-INFLATION!
Do the calculations, to show that the rocks'
price-per ounce has NOT shown price-inflation,
in any way. In the old packaging of 2.5 oz.,
the price-per-ounce remains unchanged @
$3.60 per ounce. These new larger packages
of 3.5 oz. for $12.00, cost merely $3.43 per
ounce, a very slight DECLINE in price!
The radioactive response varies from package
to package; the minimum response is 10,000.
CPM, when measured with a standard pancake
probe such as Ludlum's Model 44-9 probe.
The buyer CANNOT state, "Send me only
rock bags with high-level response, above
40,000. CPM." These are bags of rock
samples only; to specify a high response
rate, then the buyer must choose a high-
level single rock. These rock-bags will be
wrapped in brown paper, so the response-
rate will NOT be known prior to its
mailing to the buyer.
NOTE that uranium, whether in a single-
rock form or as a collection of rock-
pebbles, CANNOT be shipped to any
foreign country. This even applies to
Canada, a neighboring country that has
far more uranium reserves underground,
than is true for the USA.
SEALED CLEAR DOUBLE POLY BAG
These rocks must be left sealed inside their
clear container: Two thick zip-lock bags,one
inside the other. DO NOT OPEN; the rocks'
radioactivity can be measured safely through
the double-thick clear poly bag. The rock
varieties differ from others, but each bag's
highest measured activity level is 10,000 cpm or
higher, when measured with a sensitive pancake
geiger probe.Keep all the uranium rocks intact
and undisturbed in the double poly bag plastic
bag. If you open those double-bags, then
handling the rocks would allow contamination
by uranium dust. When collecting rocks in the
field, I wear a protective cloth mask if wind
blows the dust around.
ALL FEDERAL REGULATIONS ABOUT
URANIUM ROCKS ARE CORRECTLY
OBEYED
(1) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM):
Collection of rocks is okay for rockhound
hobbyists; ATV vehicles are not allowed; daily
limit on weight of collected rocks permitted.
(2) NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
(NRC): No manufacturing from rocks is allowed
without NRC advance license; correct labeling;
medical heath safety statement.
(3) U.S. POST OFFICE (USPS): Double-box
packaging of mailed rocks; metal shielding of
uranium rocks; no exports allowed to any
foreign countries.
SAFE HANDLING OF ROCKS
IS PRESENTED ON SEVERAL
WRITTEN HANDOUTS
(1) "Health Precautions to be Followed When Handling
Uranium Ore" (one page; written by the seller)
(2) "A Word about Safe Handling" (one page;
written by Ph.D. geologist / book author Robert Lauf)
(3) "Unwrapping and Storing Your Uranium Rock
Collection" (one page; written by the seller)
(4) "Small Bag of Mixed Uranium Rocks" (half-page;
written by the seller; November 2022)
(5) " Jurassic Todilto Limestone: The NM Canyon's
Very Unique Uranium Mineral" (two pages; written
by the seller, July 2022)
(6) "What Are the Standards and Regulations for Uranium
Exposure?" (two pages; compiled by the Federal OSHA
(Occupational Safety & Health Administration) and the
Federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), 2009)
POLY BAGS ARE SELECTED
RANDOMLY PRIOR TO MAILING
These poly bags vary in their activity levels, but buyers cannot
choose a preferred activity level: medium or upper. Each bag is wrapped
in brown paper before it is sold, so its specific activity level is unknown.
Its activity level will be at some random level, 10,000 cpm or higher,
with level measured by a standard pancake probe.
SHIPPING
Shipping is only allowed within the USA, NOT to any foreign country,
because of USPS postal regulations. If you buy several poly bags, you
may be charged $9.80 postage cost on each bag, but I will REFUND to the
buyer's PayPal account any overpayment on the combined package.
The postage cost partial-refund will be done soon after
the package has been mailed.
Stephen Buggie, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor Emeritus
Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup NM 87301