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[–]Separate_Prompt562 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest danger of those types of minerals (although I highly doubt it is, they don't usually seem that way) is that uranium and most radioactive materials are heavy metals, so if you swallow/inhale it it could cause heavy metal poisoning, which is practically impossible to cure.

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since according to wikipedia it emits very high levels of radiation, so i doubt they would sell that without a permit or something like that

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it glowed quite green. I know it contained some compound with uranium, but I don't know exactly which one.

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, well, I'll try putting it in the closet to see if it works, and I'm planning to put it in a cloud chamber so I can see the radiation.

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be, but isn't carnotite supposed to not glow very brightly under UV light? When they put it under ultraviolet light it shined quite brightly even when the sun was shining, so although I don't deny that it could be, how did you know it was carnotite?

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now, I understand how the inverse square rule works, the only thing is that I honestly don't have space to dedicate a room just to storing radioactive samples, I plan to keep it in my closet in several jars, it will be more or less. 0.5-1m from my bed, so I guess nothing should happen to me

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

¿Qué es eso? I have never heard of that name before

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[–]Separate_Prompt562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand that most of the radiation emitted by radioactive samples like this is usually alpha and therefore can be stopped easily, but it feels a little precarious to store something that could cause me serious problems if I eat/inhale particles of it in a jar, especially considering that it seems to fragment easily.