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| excite fluorescence, as do the gamma radiations from radium (radio-lumines cence). A dozen or more of these...paints and inks contain minute amounts of some radium salt which constantly give off ra diations which...used on watch dials. While the amount of actual radium present is very minute, yet a Geiger counter will...only a few seconds, like in Franklin, New Jersey, calcite, or it may last for hours like in some of the phosphorescent...under the much shorter cathode, X-ray (gamma), and radium radiations. Some of the large manufacturers, like |
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| .............191 by W. E. Wilson The Port Radium district, Northwest Territories, Canada ..............necessary, a regular search and rescue team or the local fire department may not have the equipment or experience...thick, strikes east-west and dips steeply to the south. Two adits connect with small, tortuous stopes developed...abandoned the property to a hoard of independent local miners, who have divided the property among themselves...between Daraina (in the north) and Ejeda (to the south), a distance of some 1340 km. The overall mineralogical |
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| information on radon for specific areas are state and local departments of health, state departments responsible...offices. More detailed information on state or local geology may be obtained from the state geological...(222Rn) is produced from the radioactive decay of radium (226Ra), which is, in turn, a product of the decay...factors, the most important of which are the soil's radium content and distribution, porosity, permeability...1-218>^a Polonium-218 / Radon-222 / ** 3.82 days Radium-226 fa 1602 years 80,000 years Thorium-234 24 |
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| fluorescence, as do the gam1na radiations from radium (radio-lumines cence). A dozen or more of these...seco11cls, like i11 Fra11l,li11, Ne\-\· J e1·se)y . calcite, or it 111a ,. last for l1ours 1 ike i11 so111e...the lamp. While is it possible to distin such as radium, • response tn many gems. In certain in- guish...Specimens of corundum from the Zout pansburg district, Transvaal, responcl to 1011g waves ,vith a ,rariable...it1 many yel lc)\V diamo11ds from sou tl1,vest Africa, a zo11al i>at1 |
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| rise and development of the diamond mines of South Africa, from an historical, economic and technical...collect during my many visits to all parts of South Africa where kimberlite deposits occurred and the filing...was necessary to file * "The Diamond Mines of South Africa," by Gardner F. Williams. V . Vl l I I...my attention from the time of my arrival in South Africa was the accidental and cognate inclusions found...had collected specimens from various parts of South Africa for years, it has only been since the publication |
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| a widely held opinion that radioactivity from "radium" was a good thing, and many entrepreneurs of the...Mexico's torbernite occurrences (fig. I) became the " radium" source for many quack devices that were marketed...specimens that ranged up to 500 pounds in weight. The local collectors also had a good summer and I was able...discovered two new radioactive elements. polonium and radium. The Curie"s discovery finally generated a lot...medical community soon began using Marie Curie's radium in the treatment of cancer. the primary source |
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| Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Potassium Praseodymium Radium Radon H In I Ir Fe Kr La Pb Li Lu Mg Mn Hg Mo... Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK |
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| Boreholes in the Carboniferous rocks of the.A:s:hover district, Derbyshire, by W. H. C. Ramsbottom, M.A., Ph...autoradiographs illustrating concentrations of radium · 43 VIII Manganotantalitc crystals in partial...Sketch map showing radiometry of the Castleton district Radiometry of the east face of Windy Knoll Quarry...until the survey party moved to the Solway shore south of Dalbeattie. Here in the cliff sections between...whilst the gangue consisted of dolomite, quartz, calcite and baryte. Mineralization, predominantly lead- |
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| Northwest Territories Mining in the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories continued active...the beginning of operations in 1933 the output of radium from this northern mine has passed the 100gram...Another important development in the Mackenzie District is the erection of a hydro-electric plant, about...residents of Yellowknife, Canada's farthest north municipality. PARTIES GO INTO HEAD OF FINLAY Several parties...ALBERTA ELDORADO RADIUM AND SILVER It is to be hoped that the closing down of the radium mines at Great |
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| .........687 ADDITIONS To THE MINERALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND' VIONITY By Dr. Titus Ulke ....were great monoliths of syenite and one vein of calcite beside the road. Some good crystals of .c alcite...tourmaline of cou rse I wasn' t so interested in the calcite specimens. Valiant speaks of a number of places...may be collected, also fair sized cleavages of calcite. You are advised not to waste your time htre. The...and of the .calcite crystals nothing to be found ; but a few small cleavages of white calcite and a few |
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| phosphate often contains uranium, thorium, and radium phosphate fertilizers contain considerable amounts...water resources in and around Johannesburg (South Africa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Winde... xiv 63 64 65 66 Contents Solubility of Radium and Strontium Sulfate across the Temperature Range...project in the Wonderfonteinspruit Catchment, South Africa . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Fyffe, Henk Coetzee...Marusia Rentaria and Abdelmjid Noureddine 67 Radium in Groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Business hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time and on German public holidays Cancellations...Service North and South America: journals-ny@springer-sbm.com Outside North and South America: $DC-journals@springer-sbm...$DC-journals@springer-sbm.com @ Orders and inquiries North and South America Springer New York, Journal Fulfillment P...journals-ny@springer-sbm.com Outside North and South America via a bookseller or Springer, Customer ...landslide zone along the Pindar River, in Chamoli District, Garhwal Lesser Himalaya, India Received: 22 |
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| and at the same ti1ne reserves in the Union of South Africa \1/ere estimated a~ over 1 billion tons. Other...Pegn1atites ...................................... . Calcite-Fluorite-Apatite Vein-Dikes ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black Ilills Area, South D akota and Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . .. . .. . .. . ......... .. ...... . . . South Carolina .......... . ....... . ........ . .... |
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| ......................................... 23 • South America ................................................................................... 35 • Africa ................................................. M. Curie, and G. Bemont isolated the element radium from pitchblende mined at Jachymov. Later work...< Australia Kazakhstan United States Canada South Africa Namibia Russian Federation Niger Brazil Uzbekistan...from three ISL operations. 9 In Central and South America, Brazil was the only country producing in |
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| .............................................. South America................................................... 158 Africa.................................................. 175 South Africa, Republic of............................. 175 Namibia (South West Africa)........................ ZaTre, Republic of...Witwatersrand basin area in the Republic of South Africa (average grade 0.025 percent U308), where uranium...silver in the Northwest Territories of Canada, for radium and vanadium in Colorado, and for silver in Czechoslovakia |
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| and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; e-mail: R.Crane@wrl...School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Australian Centre...rock samples taken from a research site in New South Wales, Australia were first equilibrated in a fixed...OF DEPOSITS IN THE BUCHIM-DAMJAN-BOROV DOL ORE DISTRICT, EASTERN MACEDONIA Todor Serafimovski – Goran...of the origin of metals and sulfur in the ore district Buchim-Damjan-Borov Dol we made a series of complex |
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| field work in South Africa, which has been set out less comprehensively but with more local detail in the...rite Serpentine Epidote Tourmaline Gypsum Calcite Wollastonite Dolomite Cleavage. Crystal outline...Enstatite (92) Idocrase (90) Corundum Ilmenite Calcite Dolomite Pinacoidal. Felspars Fibrolite Staurolite...CLEAVAGE OF SCAPOLITE, in basal section, Wallaroo, South X 60 diam. Australia. due to arrested or irregular...Beryl Chlqritoid* . COLOURLESS. (or Corundum* Calcite Enstatite* Chalcedony : Cordierite Epidote* |
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| Government. For additional information write to: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey 333 West Nye Lane..................... 22. Saturation indices for calcite and amorphous silica in ground water of Carson...uranium, radium-226, and radon-222; concentrations of uranium; and gross-beta activity and radium-228 activity...involving plagioclase feldspar, carbon dioxide, and calcite along with (1) potassium feldspar, silica, pyrite...exceedance. On the basis of only a few analyses for radium-226 and -228, the ground water does not appear |
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| Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x...periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...nodules — named for their angular cavities — with calcite Changes in the supply of ingredients or in the...silicate minerals known collectively as zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA...means “changed form’). For instance, the small calcite crystals in the sedimentary rock limestone change |
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| :The PRE-CAMBRIAS and ASSOCI3~TED ROCKS of the DISTRICT of MOZX)IBIQUE. By ARTHUR HOLMES, A.R.C.S., F...Mountains. (d) The Nrassi Basin. (e) Fort Chinga District. (f) West of "Ribawe. (g) General Sequence and...the neighbourhood of the mouth of the Lurio, the district around Memba, and the central coastal region between...l~Iitikiti River and Sokoto Hill. In the latter district, the schists a-e probably older than the gneisses...north of, a north-east to south-west direction; though, in the Ribawe district and near the coastal belt |
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| Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Potassium Praseodymium Radium Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium Samarium Scandium Selenium...plantations San Antonio and Zorilla, in the municipality of Xlquizar, in the southwestern part of the...the larger part, probably, of the soil of this district being derived from a soft, friable chalk or chalky...soils, to the presence oi large quantities of calcite, magnesite or gypsum. It appears to be partially...INTEREST. I3 These red soils are not of purely local occurrence. A. E,. Woods1 notes the prevalence in |
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| Brazil, black diamonds from German possession in Africa – Jagersfontein and common diamonds from Luderitz...quartz, ferriallophane, shanyavskite, beraunit, calcite and, certainly, beloved palygorskite (Coll. 733...were diamonds from Kimberley and Jagersfontein, South Africa, and also diamonds from Brazil and from Bingara...for M. Curie, who worked at that time in Paris. Local miner Andrey Lobachev greatly helped them showing...Imperial Academy has sent Fersman, as a member of Radium Expedition headed by Academician V.I.Vernadsky |
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| unsuspected error in radium determination due to reliance having being placed on a radium standard which was...obtained before the above-mentioned error in the radium determinations had been detected. The results for...4'I)irS X io~ 10 He 1 J , , a <> In equation (2) radium has been substituted for uranium, using the equilibrium...Determination of Carboniferous Rocks 47 TABLE I.—HELIUM, RADIUM, AND THORIUM CONTENTS AND CORRESPONDING " AGES...Lydebrook Dingle a conglomerate that forms the local base of the Coal Measures rests directly on the |
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| Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...nodules — named for their angular cavities — with calcite (see photo opposite). Crystal linings that survive...silicate minerals known collectively as zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA...means “changed form”). For instance, the small calcite crystals in the sedimentary rock limestone change |
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| scientific purposes (Genth 1879). The Spruce Pine district of Mitchell County has been particularly productive...historical reference to uraninite at Marietta, South Carolina, given in the sixth edition of Dana’s System...uranium sources, and for a while the Central City district was the most important uraninite producer in North...County, the Jo Reynolds mine in the LawsonDumont district produced 8 tons of ore containing an astounding...the Schwartzwalder mine in the Ralston Buttes district, Jefferson County, where ore containing more than |
Radium, Bela-Bela Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa