Petrified
Wood with Uranium infusion
By George Dowell
After scanning tens of thousands of
petrified wood specimens, one with some radioactive qualities was finally
uncovered and it was a really nice specimen.
Billed as "from the world's
oldest tree", it also had an impressive price. Since the store owner had
no idea that any of his stock was radioactive, indeed said that the entire
store "had been scanned by a professional", he sold the specimen for
a much reduced price to "get that thing out of here".
The radioactive inclusion is white
against the dark background of the Petrified Wood, and does glow under UV.
Attached
is a spectrum scan that clearly indicated strong lower daughters of the Uranium
U-238 series.
Have fun
George Dowell
© 2007