Radioactive Fun: Americium, Autunite, & Carnotite

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In the future I plan on doing more collecting of radioactive rocks and minerals which I look forward to sharing here on the channel.

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[darrinwilliams]

I’m from Nevada there you can spin around in the desert stop and you are probably looking towards a uranium mine. They are very abundant just outside of Vegas.

[quantumlab]

Very good video! Radioactive rocks are my some of my favorite rocks. Thank you for not being one of those people that go crazy when they talk about radiation. The thing that one has to keep in mind with radiation is time. Also good job on wearing gloves, uranium is also a heavy metal and is about as toxic as lead. The three minutes you were showing off your rocks, you didn’t get any appreciable dose of radiation. Also it is good that you didn’t your measurements like uSv/h or mr/h because those measurements are designed to be used for dose and are only accurate when used with a detector that can measure energy levels of individual radioactive decays like a cesium iodide scintillation detector.

[myfriendpete]

Thanks for the info... Im getting one of these -- I live in moab and we rock hound abandoned mines every weekend.

[corneliusmakin-bird]

So I am learning more and more about this subject and its fascinating, but also somewhat scary (again, I am untrained/ignorant on the subject) does anyone have any recommendations as to where I can find out more info on this type of stuff? Such as video recommendations and how to keep yourself safe from radioactive objects. Thanks!

[daniho]

as a sidenote:
every single one of us ingests radioactive isotopes every day.
C14, K40 for example are naturally occurring radioactive isotopes.
There's radon gas coming from the earth, so just saying "radiation is dangerous" is an oversimplification.
As with anything, dosage is key. Eating an average banana does in no way shape or form endanger you (radiologically speaking) Ingesting a spent fuel rod would be a very fatal mistake though.

[NewZealandRocksDownunder]

Love how you bring out so many different examples. Certainly impressive the uv reactive ore. Looking at background radiation maps is really interesting to see just how hot some places are.

[OnTheRiver]

These radiation detectors are fun to play with, and radioactive ore is a wonderful addition to a collection. United Nuclear has a great website that has excellent information on storing and handling low level radioactive samples as well as many other fascinating scientific items, warning labels for your collection, etc. as well as uranium hunting trips. Looking forward to your visits to the uranium mines!

[RocksForBrains]

I visited the Trinity site in 2014, I think I’ve had my fill of radioactive stuff. Lol I hadn’t heard of the first two things you showed though, very cool!

[mikemullenix]

You should store the hot stuff in a lead pig. The same stuff would read double of higher with a pancake probe with better geiger

[GravelBarHopper]

Next episode, Jared gets bitten by a spider and turns into SUPER SPIDER-MAN!

[greendaylover]

One radioactive thing you can eat is potassium

[DirtyPlumbus]

People freak out about radiation.
It's really pretty simple, avoid the dust.
People have no idea of the radioactive stuff around them. If you've been to a flea market or antique shop you can pretty much guarantee you've been around some relatively hot stuff with no clue.
As an entertaining example, I've been known to collect watches. I have a watch display box which I had stuck under my bed to keep cats from messing with it. Until I got a Radiacode, I had no clue one of watches was pretty spicy. The radium paint had faded, there is no visible glow without a very powerful UV light. I'm glad I never took the watch apart to clean or repair it. Lol
Needless to say, I no longer store my watches under the bed. 😂

[milesnn]

Cool video great information great knowledge thank u

[lesteralexander]

Yeah Bugger off hall monitors AKA Rock Karen

[arthurhunt]

I had a professor tell me that if you stick the tip of your tongue on crissacollia (I can't spell...possibly from dead brain cells), that it will stick to it. I never tried to stick my tongue on chalcanthite, even though it's also blue and I think its related to copper. I have some autunite and it's fluorescence lights up my world. Never tried a line of it, so I guess I'm 🤷 okay..

[mikedodge]

I prefer pretty stuff, but this is fascinating!

[gwynnfarrell]

Very cool! I like your little Geiger counter. Can you switch it to different units such as mR/hr? Did your button of Americium come out of a smoke detector? That's really cool that some of the rocks react to UV. The earth is amazing! Thanks, this was fun!

[TheRogueRockhound]

Hall Monitors HAHAHAHAHA!
@6:13 Living next to tons of radioactive material might not be a good thing bro
I like that tool. I bought and old civil defense radiacmeter but have yet to use it.
Cheers broseph

[inductor.]

Can you give a rough cpm value to microsieverts for the meter?

[kalkanort]

Awesome video I collect vaseline glass and stuff but it's not nearly this hot Would love to add some beepy rocks to my collection maybe one day!! Love the videos keep being awesome man!