CodalSearch this book — or all of Codal…⌘K
nydus/Radio-ActivityPublic
Page 528 of 609
Table of Contents

APPENDIX B. RADIO-ACTIVE MINERALS.

  1. Connecticut, U.S.A. The best known localities are Glastonbury, where the uraninite is found in the feldspar quarries, and Branchville, where it occurs in an albitic granite. Both of these localities have furnished fine crystals. The geological period probably corresponds with the close of the Ordovician or Carboniferous eras, and is stated to be certainly Post-Cambrian and Pre-Triassic. Among the associated minerals are (primary) columbite, (secondary) torbernite and autunite.
  1. Southern Norway, particularly in the neighbourhood of Moss. Here uraninite occurs in the augite-syenite and pegmatite. The varieties found are known as cleveite and bröggerite, and among the primary associated minerals are orthite, fergusonite, monazite, and thorite. The period is stated to be Post-Devonian.
  1. Llano County, Texas. The variety of uraninite known as nivenite is found here in a quartzose pegmatite,
528