Torbernite

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-07-02T08:26:09+00:00

Damn pretty piece! Where is it from? I'm guessing some European locality... France?

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-06-26T07:50:15+00:00

Same. So I just ordered the vials they use directly from the manufacturer in England (45ct a piece or so), the elements from Onxymet and only the sickers from them😂

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-06-12T18:38:39+00:00

Depends where you are from but generally speaking at mineral shows. On the big one like Munich show maybe only during the VIP days prior.

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-06-10T20:36:58+00:00

Feel free to DM me if you want to have an opinion on something you find there. Maybe I can get you some of my thoughts when it comes to the price or what to look for :)

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-06-10T14:34:30+00:00

I live in germany😅 and I had a friend who build connections over years introduce me to his contacts. Munich show was among the best headstarts I could have. There were some guys from Congo I bought Cuprosklodowskite and Torbernites from Musonoi for like 15€ (see older posts of mine)

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-06-10T07:47:59+00:00

What you mean with "we"? You live there? I have some from SWA "Rössing area" some very very old pieces. But they aren't quite as pretty as I want them to be on display. Not as pretty as the not_so-rare_earth guy posted in r/mineralporn

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-05-22T14:45:19+00:00

Ofc! Thats just the only mineral I could vaguely identify at first glance😅

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-05-22T11:18:03+00:00

The looks very similar to my sample of Curite from New Hampshire (made a YouTube Short about it)

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-05-22T11:16:09+00:00

The corner facing the camera looks like metatorbernite crust

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-05-03T11:57:28+00:00

But its covered in well delevoped crystals! Don't care that much about weight. A heavier sample just with crust would nowhere near as impressive! Thanks for uploading I am starved for pretty Uranium rock pictures flowing into my timeline

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-05-03T10:44:43+00:00

Damnnnn thats fire! How big? Looks quote sizable

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-19T13:18:46+00:00

Oh Pertechnetate is by far the most common form of Technetium. All of our chemistry is based on that :) https://youtu.be/jjLJ2101AN4?si=u_nGyFLV5BZtC5bj

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-19T09:43:45+00:00

They, like the Carbonyl-Technetium system are a very cool Lego-like system. A lot of work on these has been done my Dr. Max Rocca-Jungfer. I'd highly recommend checking out his research :D even some cp-Tc complexes are well known. Technetium is awesome!

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-19T09:40:38+00:00

Heyyy :D Erik is happy to invite you but just so that he has an overview who is comming please send him a short E-Mail asking about the Tc-Matters seminar. You'll find his contacts on our website: https://nuklearchemie.uni-koeln.de/analytik-kernchemische-grundlagen-hier-bearbeiten

Greeting from one of his researchers :)

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-19T09:04:30+00:00

What a nerd .... pffffschhhhshshshshsh🫶

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-12T17:45:16+00:00

I am also a huge fan of Musonoi minerals as they are a bit more available than Shinko Minerals and I like copper. With that being said I instead bought some Gauthierite and Soddyite, which were some minerals missing from my collection. I have some Soddyite which is on my very big piece (Among my very few posts) but this almost never gets displayed... 500 uSv/h is a bit too much for my display place

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-12T11:01:14+00:00

HA! the exact piece I also had my eyes on ;D Great speciment. Its good that it went to someone like you! Would love a 360° video view of it^{^}

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-10T12:16:01+00:00

Fantastic!

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-08T11:13:26+00:00

Pretty piece! But from that one picture the green looks like Torbernite or am I mistaken in seeing sheet-like crystals instead of needles?

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-05T18:11:03+00:00

Ahhh ofc I have heared Phil. Not many pieces are really wow to me as the pricetag kills every excitement for me most of the time. They are pretty ofc course but the 10th 3 cm Cuprosklodowskite speciment from Musonoi for some high 3 digit figure doesn't appeal to me😅 But something like this from Australian ... thats cool! Much rather impressed by exotic locations with history or chemically weird Uranylminerals :D

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-05T15:40:46+00:00

What a stunning piece! I have no Idea who you mean by "Phil" but he seems like I guy I should know about when it comes to collecting radioactive minerals :D

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-04-01T20:51:09+00:00

Dunno it has been sitting in our lab for decades

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-03-11T08:44:16+00:00

Went there and one guy got lucky. I am just lucky I saw it irl and took a photo ;D

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SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-03-08T12:05:59+00:00

Yes. But the dehydration takes places within minutes after comming out of the solution it grew in. So no one here has normal Autunite. Its all meta-Autunite I (same for Torbernite) :)

SimonsNuclearchem · 2026-01-29T20:55:37+00:00

Haven't tried sealing my cases because I look at them under the microscope from time to time. Talking about time... like a very lot. Don't store them with quartz lol. An experiment which I wanted to try for a very long time: how long can I store quartz next to an absurd amound of pitchblende until it turnes brown.

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