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Thorianite : ThO2

Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

The width of field is 2.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (6 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 178595    View Count: 95

Thorianite : ThO2

Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

~2mm twinned Xls of Thorianite. C. Stefano specimen #605
 © C. Stefano '08Photo ID: 143944    View Count: 260

Thorianite : ThO2

Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Nice and well formed twined crystals of Thorianite.
It is a micro size specimen of approximate 4 mm x 3 mm.
Crystal appears to be floating but is glued to a pin,
Specimen is slightly radioactive.
Picture with Sony cyber-shot in sun light
And slight color adjustments with Photoshop.
Collection of Juan Jimenez
 © Juan Jimenez 2008Photo ID: 200355    View Count: 204

Thorianite : ThO2

Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Thorianite, 2 mm. twinned crystal on calcite. K. Nash specimen and photo (processed with CombineZ focussing software).
Photo ID: 172189    View Count: 175

Thorianite : ThO2

Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Twinned crystal on Calcite. Crystal 2 mm width
Photo and Collection Christophe Boutry
 © C.BoutryPhoto ID: 152615    View Count: 173

Thorianite : ThO2

Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Crystal size: 3 mm.

Collection and photo: Conny Larsson
 © Conny LarssonPhoto ID: 223029    View Count: 111

Thorianite : ThO2

Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Black thorianite. Picture size 1.3 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.
 © Thomas WitzkePhoto ID: 9519    View Count: 743

Thorianite : ThO2

Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy


cubic black crystal of thorianite up to 0.55 mm
in sanidinite

(good exchange with Imma Punzo)

Photo Enrico Bonacina

Collection Domenico Preite
 © D. PreitePhoto ID: 222645    View Count: 71

Multiple photos availableThorianite : ThO2, Hiortdahlite : (Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O7(O,OH,F)2

San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

SEM image of a perfect cubic crystal of Thorianite with composition (Th.87U.09Ce"".04)O2, grown on the surface of a Hiortdahlite crystal. See additional analytical data on child photo. Collected by Luigi Chiappino. Pavel M. Kartashov collection, analytical data and photo.

Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 30th Jul 2009
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 221628    View Count: 347

Multiple photos availableThorianite : ThO2

San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

dimension crystal mm. 1,2

self collected

photo and collection Luigi Chiappino
 © luigi chiappinoPhoto ID: 216361    View Count: 144
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