South Devon - Geology
Radioactive Nodules - Littleham - 2 - (S39)
Top Pic - On the Beach Platform , a spherical type of radioactive Vanadium - Uranium nodule that are common in the Littleham Mudstones.
These are the most radioactive type of nodule. They contain uranium minerals such as uraninite (pitchblende),
vanadium minerals and many rare minerals including various arsenides
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Lower Pic - A close up of a Nodule in the cliff face.
Radioactive nodules or concretions that occur in large pale green or cream-coloured reduction spots within the red beds
SY 0518 8123
Ref: 8284.6
Date: 29/09/2020
Location: SY 0512 8120