WOW, NICE! I like that Bismuth Germanate (BGO) scintillator probe on the Ludlum! BGO crystals will glow a bright aqua color when exposed to X- and Gamma ray wavelengths. I'd love to go back to Colorado. There's a lot of Uranium there too. I used to go there all the time when I was young, but now that I'm older and into radioactivity, I can't go back! Anyways, that Uraninite is HOT! I have some hot specimens, not sure if any of mine are that hot! NICE FIND! Very inspiring and interesting! THANKS!
@magicstix0r does not answer my question at all...most states have laws preventing one from acquiring radioactive materials at will regardless of their quantity or composition without some kind of license...
I was interested what restrictions do the US laws apply...pretty sure there still are some...
@AKAtheA Feel free to cite sources backing up the statement "most states have laws preventing one from acquiring radioactive materials at will regardless of their quantity or composition without some kind of license"
do you store samples in lead lined containers? Im thinking of making a trip out there. I have a CRM-100 detector. I just want a couple samples, and will leave them in a shed outside. Just dont feel comfy with uranium in my bedroom haha
@bottle2lip I store most specimens in ZipLoc bags, in large plastic bins outside. For specimens stored indoors, the most important safety precaution is to keep them in a hermetically-sealed container so that radon doesn't contaminate the vicinity. External gamma exposure is trivial from small pieces and only becomes an issue when you have bulk containers of ore or its tailings.
Is truth that actually there are high levels of radiation in Utah because of 1950's atomic tests??? What about the "The Conqueror" movie curse???, in a 1956 H. Hughes movie starred by J. Wayne, almost all producers and actors died of Cancer some years before, because they stayed for 3 months making the movie in Utah near to Nevada Nuclear Test site.
you should have puyt your hand over the scintilator to cancel out alpha's. It would have been a cool trick to show how beta or gamma radiative that UO2 was. Cool vid though. I dig up UO2 when Im rockhounding but Ive never found anything that big.
@TheCaptainLulz This scintillation detector is insensitive to alpha and most beta radiation since it is built in a copper pipe. It's a gamma detector.
you can do fun stuff with uranium ore, put it in a bucket of water and wach the soft blue halo arround the rock, add phosphorous and wach it glow green!
Enrich it until weapons grade and sell it for some big money to Iran.
WOW, NICE! I like that Bismuth Germanate (BGO) scintillator probe on the Ludlum! BGO crystals will glow a bright aqua color when exposed to X- and Gamma ray wavelengths. I'd love to go back to Colorado. There's a lot of Uranium there too. I used to go there all the time when I was young, but now that I'm older and into radioactivity, I can't go back! Anyways, that Uraninite is HOT! I have some hot specimens, not sure if any of mine are that hot! NICE FIND! Very inspiring and interesting! THANKS!
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How is the US law tolerant to collecting collecting radioactive material? Especially the "juicy" ones as in the vid...
AKAtheA 7 months ago
@AKAtheA Because in America individuals have rights and are citizens. We don't have "privileges" nor are we subjects.
magicstix0r 4 months ago
@magicstix0r does not answer my question at all...most states have laws preventing one from acquiring radioactive materials at will regardless of their quantity or composition without some kind of license...
I was interested what restrictions do the US laws apply...pretty sure there still are some...
AKAtheA 4 months ago
@AKAtheA Feel free to cite sources backing up the statement "most states have laws preventing one from acquiring radioactive materials at will regardless of their quantity or composition without some kind of license"
magicstix0r 4 months ago
My carnotite mineral is for Utah
Bonsay3 8 months ago
Thanks for the pointers. I'm taking Geology in College right now. And radioactive minerals and artifacts are very interesting to me.
bottle2lip 11 months ago
do you store samples in lead lined containers? Im thinking of making a trip out there. I have a CRM-100 detector. I just want a couple samples, and will leave them in a shed outside. Just dont feel comfy with uranium in my bedroom haha
bottle2lip 11 months ago
@bottle2lip I store most specimens in ZipLoc bags, in large plastic bins outside. For specimens stored indoors, the most important safety precaution is to keep them in a hermetically-sealed container so that radon doesn't contaminate the vicinity. External gamma exposure is trivial from small pieces and only becomes an issue when you have bulk containers of ore or its tailings.
Thallium208 11 months ago
Is truth that actually there are high levels of radiation in Utah because of 1950's atomic tests??? What about the "The Conqueror" movie curse???, in a 1956 H. Hughes movie starred by J. Wayne, almost all producers and actors died of Cancer some years before, because they stayed for 3 months making the movie in Utah near to Nevada Nuclear Test site.
RomelioSanzz 1 year ago
you should have puyt your hand over the scintilator to cancel out alpha's. It would have been a cool trick to show how beta or gamma radiative that UO2 was. Cool vid though. I dig up UO2 when Im rockhounding but Ive never found anything that big.
TheCaptainLulz 1 year ago
@TheCaptainLulz This scintillation detector is insensitive to alpha and most beta radiation since it is built in a copper pipe. It's a gamma detector.
Thallium208 1 year ago
@Thallium208 than thats one hot rock. :)
TheCaptainLulz 1 year ago
you can do fun stuff with uranium ore, put it in a bucket of water and wach the soft blue halo arround the rock, add phosphorous and wach it glow green!
Enrich it until weapons grade and sell it for some big money to Iran.
ZImpresive 1 year ago
the coordinates ? on google earth i don't found right point of shinarump , no result match
PS2djX 1 year ago