Radium Hill Mine, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia

Polished section of davidite ore from the Radium Hill mine showing intergrown davidite (dv) and ilmenite (ilm).

© Ben Grguric

Dark reddish-brown/black davidite (LA) with yellow (some green) carnotite from the type locality for this mineral. Typical size of pieces shown: 20mm x 20mm x 18mm. Unusually attractive examples type locality davidite. Davidite is named for: Tenatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), Australian geologist. The yellow carnotite is a ...

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Yellow carnotite encrustating massive davidite-(La). Overall size: 29 x 28 x 12 mm Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli

© Antonio Borrelli

Brown roscoelite platy xls. Field of view: 4 mm Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli

© Antonio Borrelli

Massiv sample of Davidite (La) found in 1882 Sample size: 3,5 x 2,5 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

Width of field is 7.0 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (10 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope. Yellow powdery carnotite on black davidite.

© 2008 by Jesse Crawford

1.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm

© Maggie Wilson

Massive Davidite specimen with minor yellow secondary U minerals "gummite" - Specimen from an old collection of '50's - The black cube is 1 cm size

© Dr. Geol. Marco Barsanti

Carnotite on Davidite Chemical Composition: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 Length: 22mm Width : 21mm Weight: 19.3g Radioactivity: 1mR/hr Beta+Gamma

Sprays of dark green actinolite intermixed with black 'biotite' mica. Ex. G.Paskalis. Specimen and photo, M.Willoughby.

© Mark Willoughby 2016

Davidite Chemical Composition: (La,Ce,Ca)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20(O)38 Length: 100mm Width : 82mm Weight: 348g Radioactivity: 20mR/hr Beta+Gamma

Black massive Davidite-(La) Acquired from Rik Dillen

Yellow Carnotite on black Ilmenite, 3cm by 2cm. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

A complex group of magnetite crystals. Which, are not only magnetic, but are also mildly radioactive. Photo, M.Willoughby.

© Mark Willoughby 2016

Earthy yellow coatings of Carnotite, and metallic dark brown patches of Davidite-(La), in a quartz rich matrix. Ex. V.Peisley. Specimen and photo, M.Willoughby.

© Mark Willoughby 2016

Black Davidite - La Photo with Canon Eos 600 d + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 50 mm 1:4,0 reversed Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin

© Giovanni Scapin 2020

Yellow Carnotite patches on matrix with some black Davidite-La on the left side. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2017JSS

Black Davidite-La with yellow Carnotite alteration product. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2018JSS

Yellow material labelled as francevillite or carnotite, on davidite-(La). It is most likely carnotite but would need analysis to confirm. Stack of 50 images.

© Steve Sorrell

© Luc Vandenberghe

Old German label. Yellow carnotite on massive davidite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images.

© Steve Sorrell

Massive davidite-(La) in quartz with crusts of secondary yellow carnotite.

© Ben Grguric

Black Davidite - La Photo with Canon Eos 600 d + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 50 mm 1:4,0 reversed Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin

© Giovanni Scapin 2020

Mass of black davidite-(La) with yellow carnotite (according to the label). Not certain what the reddish mineral is. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0144.

© 2025 Harold Moritz

Mass of black davidite-(La) with yellow carnotite (according to the label). Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0581.

© 2025 Harold Moritz

Dark grains of what is labeled by Pequa Rare Minerals as brannerite in gneiss. Collected in the 1940s. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0149.

© 2024 Harold Moritz

Two chunks of davidite-(La), the dimensions apply to the right one. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0584.

© 2025 Harold Moritz

A specimen of dark brown Davidite, most likely Davidite-(La), found in the 1980s or earlier. Radioactivity: ~5.7 µSv/hr.

Davidite-(La) & Carnotite A specimen of Davidite-(La), with some yellow Carnotite and an unidentified green micro mineral, from the Type Locality for Davidite-(La), at the Radium Hill Mine, in Australia

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