uh oh, what to do with this. (Uranium Ore) (Misc.)

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This is kinda an odd post, but is Uranium worth anything, and where would I sell it? I inherited a chunk from my grandparents, and (neither of which died of cancer) and have been wondering what on earth to do with the stuff! I dont even know where Id get rid of it, otherwise. The piece isnt really big, just like a piece of gravel, maybe. This is not a joke post.

-- yeah. (NOTGLOWINGYET@TMI.com), February 06, 2002

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Response to uh oh, what to do with this.

back in the 50's it was worth a pretty pennie,, not much anymore,,like finding alot of fools gold. That size wont be worth much,, nice for science projects though. Try rare metal dealers to find out a price or a local to sell it

-- Stan (sopal@net-port.com), February 06, 2002.

Response to uh oh, what to do with this.

Some uranium ore is hotter than others. If you can find someone with a low level survey meter to check yours then you'll know if it's worth much. The hotter pieces of ore (still not all that radioactive relatively speaking) have a certain market value amongst those mineral collectors who like the hot stuff.

Do an EBay search and you should turn up a number of examples of slightly radioactive naturally occurring minerals being sold. EBay is kind of particular about how it's done but it should at least give you an idea about yours if you watch the auctions for a while.

........Alan.

-- Alan (athagan@atlantic.net), February 06, 2002.


I worked in a uranium mine in New Mexico in the late 50's. Fairly high grade ore and it sold then for about $40 per TON to the yellow cake refiners who in turn sold to the metal refiners who in turn sold to the U238 enriching plants. The money was in the processing by the middlemen. Of course, $40 then would be like a couple hundred now.

-- Joe (CactusJoe001@AOL.com), February 07, 2002.

Yellowcake is cheap even today. That's the problem. The price is so low, it's not worth the trouble to mine it. We have two old mining towns, one of which (Jeffrey City) was sold at auction to developers from CA. One wonders who would want to live atop a uranium mine.

-- al (yr2012@hotmail.com), February 07, 2002.

I would put that on ebay. There are a lot of collectors of Vaseline glass that was made using uranium. The glass is yellow-yellow green under normal light but lights up neon green under a black light. I bet the Vaseline collectors would like to have a piece of the uranium for their collection.

-- S.Smith (nannie@intrstar.net), February 07, 2002.


I had a lime green piece stored for years. I wrote a collector in Spokane who sounded interested. I was going to give it away, but I went back to storage and it was gone!! (This is starting to sound like a sci fi movie involving radioactive rocks and a mutant lifeform. "The accident is to blame...")

Anyway, please do not keep the stuff. Do not let dust from it get in the air. It can lodge in your lungs and sit there causing trouble. Especially do not carry it around in a pocket. Rock hounds will go over it with a geiger counter for you. Look up a rock shop. Good luck!

-- Cathy G. (blackpearls@wtvhmail.com), February 10, 2002.


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