Zinczippeite under UV light
Zinczippeite under UV light

This is a natural Zinczippeite with pechblende sample that I’ve found at Novazza (BG) mine in Italy, collected by me on 6 July 2024. It glows under UV Wood Light like autunite but is not autunite!

Characteristics

  • Weight: 390g
  • Beta emission: 57 e/cm²●s
  • Gamma emission: 2.6 uSv/h
  • Distance source-detector: 50mm
  • Detector: MKS-01E calibrated radiometer

Pictures are of wet stone and macro of the fluo crystal structures.

Natural wet stone
Natural wet stone
Crystal structure
Crystal structure

 

How I've measured the radiological data
How I’ve measured the radiological data