IP: Uranium on Ebay

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

[ 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>


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