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Uranium Animals, Oraments, Necklaces.....anyone?
meegs:
Thank you Dave for you explanation.
I had come to the conclusion that the beads would have so little uranium content that I perceived very little risk of coming to any harm form wearing them. I'm pleased to see the risk analysis you have provided confirms this, but as Ken wrote I had wondered about risk to the workers in the manufacturing process.
As a Kiwi I'm more worried about the UV radiation I am exposed to everyday under the ozone hole and don't get me started on processed food.....
Cheers
Meegs
rosieposie:
I've got a few uranium animals I would like to share with you, but I am having difficulty photographing them.
One is overtly uranium and hardly needs the UV light, and as soon as I have compressed the photo I will post it here, but some of the others are more subtle, and whilst it shows clearly in real life, the pictures don't do them justice.
So.....any hints on getting good pictures to show you please? :hi:
rosieposie:
Here are my two best photo's of two of my uranium animals.
1+2 is an Anteater / Badger??
3+4 is a (Possibly?)Konstglas cat/ gremlin?
I would still really appreciate any help with photographing the others. ;D
Lustrousstone:
I don't think your cat thing is uranium, that glow looks like manganese to me. The colour of the glow is all wrong.
rosieposie:
Hi Christine, thanks so much for that information :thup:......I only noticed a colour change when I took the UV lamp into the room to photograph the badger/anteater. I have got a lot of other ones that I now know are Manganese rather than Uranium. A lot of the Marcolin 'feather' effect animals seem to change to that cloudy green....elephants and cats.
The funny thing is, I was surprised by how many pieces of Uranium glass tableware I have, and also a green glass clock ....all these glowed in the room as I was taking this picture.....looked quite spooky!!
Hope you liked the Ant eater....he was sold as a badger and is one of my favourite pieces. :hi:
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