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Page 15 Radioactive Minerals Plugin - click for a special page for use of the sView plugin in Internet Explorer or very old versions of Firefox ESR Radioactive Fluorescent MineralsBeta ParticlesUraninite, Autunite, Uranium GlassMost fluorescent minerals are not radioactive, but some uranium and thorium containing minerals are both slightly radioactive and fluorescent.This 10 second sample ( above ) of clicks recorded from the Geiger counter with the beta slots facing the uraninite with autunite at about one inch shows around 39 counts / 10 sec. or 234 counts / minute.
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