Uranium decay chain in heavy minerals concentrate
On September 17, 2024 In Radioactive minerals
After a rather long and somewhat turbulent period in my life, I finally found a moment to write this post. Today's topic will be focused on minerals. It's been a while since I last went panning for gold in the area near Golčův Jeníkov in the highlands. We found some gold back then, but what was equally interesting was the amount of heavy
Measurement of Trinitite sample from New Mexico
On June 6, 2017 In Radioactive minerals
Trinitite is a mineral of artificial origin resulting from the first atomic bomb blast at Alamogordo site in New Mexico (USA) on July 16, 1945. At high temeprature which occured in the epicenter of detonation, sand and rocks melted and mixed with products of nuclear fission. After solidification, glassy material known as Trinitite emerged. Even