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Jordi, that is a good idea, and ultimately the best way to get it figured out. It seems like a lot of shows are overseas or in the east states but I'll do some googling to see if there are shows in C ...

Lol, yes, would not want to handle a radiative gem. Thank you very much all of you for helping answering my questions.

Thanks Knut. Your reply makes sense, especially the last part of it about the how artificially irradiated quartz would be more uniform. And yes the base is white with the smokey color varying in degre ...

Honestly, I am not sure. I just saw it sitting in one of the cupboards in the classroom my mom used to teach in a couple years ago. It was also during the time she was moving into the classroom during ...

Hi. I have this little cluster of smokey quartz and since it is really dark, in fact it is black but when held up to a light you can see the smokey brown color inside, I was wondering if it was irradi ...

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Topic: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 16, 2010 16:30 Subject: Re: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Jordi, that is a good idea, and ultimately the best way to get it figured out. It seems like a lot of shows are overseas or in the east states but I'll do some googling to see if there are shows in C ...
Topic: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 11, 2010 13:02 Subject: Re: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Lol, yes, would not want to handle a radiative gem. Thank you very much all of you for helping answering my questions.
Topic: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 11, 2010 04:13 Subject: Re: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Thanks Knut. Your reply makes sense, especially the last part of it about the how artificially irradiated quartz would be more uniform. And yes the base is white with the smokey color varying in degre ...
Topic: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 11, 2010 03:58 Subject: Re: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Honestly, I am not sure. I just saw it sitting in one of the cupboards in the classroom my mom used to teach in a couple years ago. It was also during the time she was moving into the classroom during ...
Topic: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 11, 2010 00:20 Subject: Is This Piece Irradiated?
spyrodragon Replies: 9 Views: 15887	Hi. I have this little cluster of smokey quartz and since it is really dark, in fact it is black but when held up to a light you can see the smokey brown color inside, I was wondering if it was irradi ...