Re: radioactive beads

[Tad Blanchard <Tad.M.Blanchard.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Shades of Clossone?  

At 02:22 PM 11/27/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi all, 
>
>Briefly, we have come across a string of glass beads that are painted with
some
>sort of irridescent yellow and blue material.  The owner of the beads noticed
>that her survey meter responded to them and brought them to the RSO for
>analysis.  The gamma spectrometer showed two strong peaks at roughly 65
and 90
>keV and a smaller bump at approximately 165 keV.  The owner bough the
beads from
>a gem dealer and
>thinks they came from czechoslovakia.  Any thoughts on what nuclide we are
>seeing here?  
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marjorie Bartlett
>Al Castellane
>Radiation Safety Office
>Oregon Health Sciences University
>Portland, OR  
>
><bartlett@ohsu.edu
>
>