Re: Radioactive Fossils

[CAMille231@aol.com]

Just as an aside, there are also radioactive fossils that have not been 
exposed to the U decay chain. 

As an experiment, I placed a 4" shark tooth found at the Texas Gulf mine in 
North Carolina on a therapy placement film (the Kodak self contained kind).   
Eighty hours later, after developing, there was the ghostly outline of the 
shark tooth.  Indications are that there was a concentration of the K-40 in 
the phosphate rich environment.

Remember -- radiation is where you find it.

Craig Miller
T. Jefferson Univ.
camille231@aol.com
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