[meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Guide(?)
From: Impactika_at_aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:48 2004 Message-ID: <17.21c158e6.29790d4b_at_aol.com> --part1_17.21c158e6.29790d4b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/17/2002 1:58:15 AM Mountain Standard Time, Julien.Courtois_at_gr.admin.ch writes: > Short answer: YES, meteorites are radioactive, BUT not dangerous to humans. > > Thank you very much to all of you who answered my e-mail. I believe that the gentleman who asked that question last weekend meant "are meteorites dangerously radioactive?" and that is probably the question asked of the guide in Meteor Crater. I was mostly appalled by the lack of information and training showed by the guide. Incidentally, last September during the Denver Show, a young guy was wondering around with a Geiger counter in his pocket. He turned out to be a PhD candidate doing some research on radioactive minerals. Alain Carion and chatted with him a while and he checked all the minerals. Some like the autunite and the torbernite caused the needle to hit the peg and the counter to make quite a racket. The trinitite barely got a click and a shudder from the needle. And the counter stayed stone-silent in front of the meteorites. Thanks again for your responses. Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com --part1_17.21c158e6.29790d4b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/17/2002 1:58:15 AM Mountain Standard Time, Julien.Courtois_at_gr.admin.ch writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Short answer: YES, meteorites are radioactive, BUT not dangerous to humans. <BR> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR>Thank you very much to all of you who answered my e-mail. <BR>I believe that the gentleman who asked that question last weekend meant "are meteorites dangerously radioactive?" and that is probably the question asked of the guide in Meteor Crater. I was mostly appalled by the lack of information and training showed by the guide. <BR> <BR>Incidentally, last September during the Denver Show, a young guy was wondering around with a Geiger counter in his pocket. He turned out to be a PhD candidate doing some research on radioactive minerals. Alain Carion and chatted with him a while and he checked all the minerals. Some like the autunite and the torbernite caused the needle to hit the peg and the counter to make quite a racket. The trinitite barely got a click and a shudder from the needle. And the counter stayed stone-silent in front of the meteorites. <BR> <BR>Thanks again for your responses. <BR> <BR>Anne Black <BR>IMCA #2356 <BR>www.IMPACTIKA.com <BR>e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_17.21c158e6.29790d4b_boundary-- Received on Fri 18 Jan 2002 12:31:55 AM PST |
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