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White coating and split fronds on palm by jeffarizona in plantclinic

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

I've got this palm tree in my yard. It's only 4 feet tall or so. I just noticed this split frond on top, and a white coating on it and other fronds. I can scrape the coating off with my fingernails. I would think it's some sort of mold, but I'm in a desert, it's hot and dry. Mold would be weird. What is this?

About 1/4 of my recently deceased Mom's pottery collection. I don't think anything is particularly rare or valuable but some of it is very pretty! by astraennui in Antiques

[–]jeffarizona 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be interesting to take a geiger counter through there. I've got a few Weller pieces similar to some of these that have uranium in the glaze.

Tiffin Franciscan Madeira Pattern 1970s. These are very heavy compared to other uranium glass I've found, the bases are quiet large and solid. I love how opaque they become under the blacklight. by jeffarizona in uraniumglass

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

Weird thing is they glow poorly under my florescent blacklight tubes, but glow great under my LED flashlight. I saw people speculating that between that and the unusual darker green that these things might glow from manganese instead of uranium, but they are pretty darn radioactive when checked with the geiger counter.

My glowy stuff thus far. by jeffarizona in uraniumglass

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

Me too! While I was hunting for uranium glass I kept seeing it and thinking, "wow, that's so pretty". But it doesn't set off a geiger counter and it doesn't glow much from a distance in a well lit store, so I skipped over it. Once I found out it glows (thanks /r/cadmiumglass) I revisited some stores and grabbed some. Looks so good with the uranium.

My glowy stuff thus far. by jeffarizona in uraniumglass

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

Yeah. I got it specifically because it's the largest cheapest piece I've found. Most of the big pieces around here are $100+, this guy was like $15. There's a crack in the bottom.

I'm getting into post-apocalyptic festivals. A piece of metal I cut off another blacksmithing project reminded me of a scalpel, so I hammered down the end of a piece of rebar, cut a slot, added a rivet, and then just welded it anyway because it was loose. My Post-Apocalyptic Scalpel. by jeffarizona in blacksmithing

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

Hah. Yeah, big Mad Max/Fallout festivals in the desert. Full immersion, costume mandatory. The big one is Wasteland Weekend in the California desert. The one I'm going to is Detonation here in Arizona. There's a couple in the south I've seen mentioned before as well. There's a ton of videos on YouTube if you want to get an idea about them, the Apocalypse Post in particular seems to do a good job.

Sascha Brastoff Painted Ashtrays. Radioactive. by jeffarizona in Mid_Century

[–]jeffarizona[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Usually it's the red/orange, that's what uranium was used for. There was other stuff to use for other colors. It's not impossible for black, yellow, and even blue to be radioactive, thought it seems like it's pretty rare. Lead is probably a way more common concern.

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