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To: DallasBiff

definitions are everything

Red bricks “technically” are radioactive.
The redness comes from iron minerals in the clay. The iron minerals have naturally occurring mildly radioactive iron isotopes. Also, uranium ores in small amounts are often in-situ with the iron ores.


5 posted on 03/12/2024 6:48:37 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Reily

Washington Monument is radioactive.
Ordinary granite will set off a Geiger counter.


19 posted on 03/12/2024 8:50:06 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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