Not a parasite
Another enlightening column, Richard. (Glad to know that parisite does not feed on other minerals...)
It will set off a Geiger counter. Don’t sleep with it. I notice you didn’t include uranium in the chemical makeup.
I wouldn't doubt there might be trace impurities of uranium or thorium in it, but uranium is not an essential element in parisite's chemical definition.
Those are some nice parisites.
I would find what I called synchysite in the red granites that washed up on lake Michigan but they were all micros, 2 mm tops.
Still, a cool find.
The main reason I say parisite is that I believe all analyses from the locality show parisite, and I don't think synchysite has been reported.
Another enlightening column, Richard. (Glad to know that parisite does not feed on other minerals...)
It will set off a Geiger counter. Don’t sleep with it. I notice you didn’t include uranium in the chemical makeup.
I wouldn't doubt there might be trace impurities of uranium or thorium in it, but uranium is not an essential element in parisite's chemical definition.
Those are some nice parisites.
I would find what I called synchysite in the red granites that washed up on lake Michigan but they were all micros, 2 mm tops.
Still, a cool find.
The main reason I say parisite is that I believe all analyses from the locality show parisite, and I don't think synchysite has been reported.