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Weird rock. Smells STRONG - need help to ID
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cascaillou

Joined: 27 Nov 2011
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Posted: Jan 14, 2020 19:48 Post subject: Re: Weird rock. Smells STRONG - need help to ID

Tracy wrote:

"Irradiation" means receipt of energy from radioactive emissions/decay. The radioactivity is inherent to the material emitting the energy, it doesn't transfer to the irradiated object.

Actually, irradiation treatment can make a stone radioactive, but that is a matter of the type of particle used for irradiation, and of the duration of irradiation (in which case a cooling period is required after the treatment before the stone is put on the market). Treatment by gamma irradiation (such as cobalt treatment, which is the most commonly used method nowadays), doesn't make stones radioactive.

stoned

Joined: 01 Jan 2020
Posts: 17
Location: Atlanta

Posted: Jan 14, 2020 22:34 Post subject: Re: Weird rock. Smells STRONG - need help to ID

Oh great..... :-( Lets hope it was gamma irradiation (if it was irradiated), and it's already "cooled down"... Wonder if there is a test I can run without a Geiger counter?

cascaillou

Joined: 27 Nov 2011
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Posted: Jan 15, 2020 04:50 Post subject: Re: Weird rock. Smells STRONG - need help to ID

My answer was rather addressing Tracy's statement. You don't need to worry about your smoky quartz.

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