Re: Irradiated gemstones

[RTPhysics@aol.com]

The blue color of topazes were being inhanced at the University of Missourri 
reactor in 1984, they had a small robot arm to pick up the jems and sort them 
by activity.  Many could not be release on the market because they were too 
hot and are being stored some place.

Rich Tupper, MSc, DABR former health physicist
East Orange VA Radiation Therapy Department
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