What Radioactive Uranium Ore Looks Like

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  • Uranium is a highly radioactive element whose most important usage is in nuclear power plants. Yet, few people know what uranium ore looks like. This video briefly discusses two important uranium ore minerals which are uraninite and carnotite. #radioactive #uranium #short #shorts
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  • @30somethingsuperhero37
    @30somethingsuperhero37 ปีที่แล้ว +1477

    "If it's radioactive, store it in lead"
    *holds uranium with his bare hands*

    • @qxty
      @qxty ปีที่แล้ว +53

      yeah like boutta say bro just picked that stuff up bare

    • @30somethingsuperhero37
      @30somethingsuperhero37 ปีที่แล้ว

      @qwerto granted, it's not like he was holding the demon core or anything. So, it's not gunna kill him. But... does he want cancer? Because that's how you get cancer.

    • @EperogiLimousine
      @EperogiLimousine ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s fine with your bear hands, just wash your hands. As for the reason to store.p it in lead, it can cause cancer if you have it close to you constantly and it can damage wood or paper

    • @RangerMcFriendly
      @RangerMcFriendly ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Has to do with with long-term storage. As long as you wash your hands you are fine. Don’t sleep with it next to you, etc.

    • @Arthion
      @Arthion ปีที่แล้ว

      Unprocessed uranium is pretty much harmless unless you expose yourself to it over a very long period of time or ingest it.

  • @sermerlin1
    @sermerlin1 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Says it's highly radioactive and needs a container, proceeds to hold it bare hands for camera xD

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

    • @ieatleaddaily
      @ieatleaddaily 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Uranium is not highly radioactive. Cobalt 60 or Iridium 192 and many more are. You also have a much much higher chance of stumbling upon a highly radioactive material that was lost or stolen, but Uranium is very safe. The only concern is Radon gas that is produced by Uranium, and its chemical toxicity simillar to lead.

    • @kellyjayne6410
      @kellyjayne6410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @tungstenmark the point is, he did say that it has to be stored in lead. If it was safe, he shouldn't have said it wasn't.

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kellyjayne6410the difference is one is a expert who knows how to properly handle it, for how long, and the risk. The other is a viewer on TH-cam who knows no harm prevention.

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ieatleaddailyneurological toxicity?

  • @garethjohnstone9282
    @garethjohnstone9282 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    You can really scare the average person with any mild source of radiation. Set your device to Alpha or Beta, and set it to the highest multiplication.

    • @damianmandras8283
      @damianmandras8283 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Even a toy got canceled for adding uncharged uranium in its set

    • @damianmandras8283
      @damianmandras8283 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also my microoven is trying to kill me !!!!

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore ปีที่แล้ว +208

    My grandfather would prospect out west for Uranium ore in the late 50's and early 60's.

    • @YoungFlyz644
      @YoungFlyz644 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Uranium Fever!

    • @MextizaCalifa
      @MextizaCalifa 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Damnit u beat me to it...​@YoungFlyz644

    • @icecube-n2d
      @icecube-n2d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@YoungFlyz644 has gone and got me down

    • @LokiBaker
      @LokiBaker หลายเดือนก่อน

      URANIUM FEVAR IS GOIN ALL AROUND

  • @davidforrest5342
    @davidforrest5342 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    When your camera starts to flare up with static/pixilation, thats an indication what you are filming is emiting dangerous radiation

  • @user-yv1ox3mb5o
    @user-yv1ox3mb5o 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    "I don't know, but I've been told, uranium ore costs more than gold..."

    • @contentwatch-pj7jp
      @contentwatch-pj7jp 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      its true because its so small amount of uranium in the world

    • @Pillboxing
      @Pillboxing 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      URANIIIIUM FEVER

    • @Furofspades
      @Furofspades 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Sold my cad, I bought me a jeep
      Ive got that bug and I cant sleep

    • @GordonFreeman5
      @GordonFreeman5 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      fallout 4 ❤

    • @mikeydudek2885
      @mikeydudek2885 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably

  • @kennycouch4091
    @kennycouch4091 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    So if I'm walking through mountains and I see yellow, I'm screwed. Got it.

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, don't eat yellow snow. Knew that since I was a kid.

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

    • @WolfShadowhill
      @WolfShadowhill 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      No it’s not that bad, I wouldn’t recommend sleeping on it but walking by and standing around it you’ll be fine, Uranium is very low emitter of Gamma rays, and a high emitter of Alpha the upside is As long as you don’t eat it it’s not particularly dangerous. That said radium also occurs in the ore in very low quality

    • @GraemeWight-wx3xz
      @GraemeWight-wx3xz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sulphur is yelly.

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@WolfShadowhill *quantity

  • @RangerMcFriendly
    @RangerMcFriendly ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So glad I tossed my Carnotite sample from my gem curio. It was dinosaur bone covered in Carnotite from western Colorado (Morrison Formation). I know it’s pretty harmless except through touch, respiration and constant exposure but I have curious kids now.

    • @notadaytrader
      @notadaytrader 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bummer you had to get rid of such a unique piece, but kudos for being a responsible parent.

    • @MyDemon32
      @MyDemon32 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pretty brainless of you to get rid of such relic.

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MyDemon32ok big brain😂

  • @mrstronk
    @mrstronk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The interesting part is when people think of uranium, they think of glowing green goop where it is actually more of a white colour especially other materials like radium

  • @Rabbitier-15k
    @Rabbitier-15k 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    U sound like a radioactive scientist that turned into Kermit for the rest of his life

  • @architectpiperr4918
    @architectpiperr4918 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Store in it safe lead container" then he proceeds to hold it with his bare hands

  • @chadsimmons6347
    @chadsimmons6347 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I took another suspect meteorite to the local university lab.....Not enough nickel (AGAIN)!!!

    • @WOJAK-WHITE
      @WOJAK-WHITE 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Wtf 😂

  • @jimmyjames2022
    @jimmyjames2022 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    IN BC in the late 70s before uranium exploration was shut down, exploration geologists were sampling for basal type deposits of uranium in unconsolidated sediments underlying flood basalts in Central BC. What form would that uranium be in?

    • @johndop9140
      @johndop9140 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Carnotite or Autunite?

  • @JellyRadium
    @JellyRadium 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That sample of Carnotite is absolutely beautiful, I'd love to have a piece like that! But in all honestly that isn't very hot at all.

  • @jackieking1522
    @jackieking1522 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It isn't "highly radioactive". And without knowing the sensitivity setting of the detector trying to take an activity reading is meaningless.

    • @daynekazakoff6841
      @daynekazakoff6841 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it is highly radioactive stop being stupid

  • @Fhajadusisneb
    @Fhajadusisneb ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Uranium isn’t that radioactive there’s plenty of elements waaaaaaaay more radioactive than it

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yes radium even 1 million times more radioactive

    • @yooper8778
      @yooper8778 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nextmaldini Actually natural uranium 238 has a half-life of 4.5 billion years. Uranium 235 (fissile less common in nature) has a 700 million year half-life. The longer the half-life the less radioactive. Now, would it eat it? Would I sleep with it? No to both. Would I at least shield myself with glass? Yes.

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s true but a poor sentence, as saying heroin isn’t that bad, fentanyl wayyy worse

  • @user-sf1uj1te9r
    @user-sf1uj1te9r 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fun fact: we are eating uranium everyday like mirco grain of it

  • @larry785
    @larry785 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    You might ruin your detector pegging out the meter like that.

    • @GeologyHub
      @GeologyHub  ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Do not worry, the mode was on 0.1x instead of the usual 1.0x

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว +16

      One tends to only damage old style physical analog meters that way, hence the name pegging for it hitting the limiting pegs and potentially bending the needle or even burning out the driving coil.
      Boy, am I giving away my age with that knowledge!

    • @DarthVader-1701
      @DarthVader-1701 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@GeologyHubAh so it was set to detect minute radioactivity, not the hardcore stuff.

  • @shaimakakar1650
    @shaimakakar1650 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, I did not know that high-quality is
    As far as I know, Afghanistan graveyard on uranium !! It is very important to know 😌 thanks to your beautiful presentation!!🙏💯🌟

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว

      Iran has some phenomenally rich deposits, one of which makes one city literally the most radioactive inhabited place on earth, all due to the uranium underground.
      Earth is by nature a radioactive planet to a degree. The argon in our atmosphere comes from decaying radioactive potassium, carbon-14 comes from activated nitrogen (activated by cosmic rays), radon from decaying radium, etc.
      I'd be unsurprised to see uncontrolled fission reactions in the core during the formation of the planet. After all, we did have a natural uranium reactor a billion years back, moderated by rainwater it'd fission until the aquifer ran out. Discovered during French uranium mining and the U-235/U-238 mixture was way off from the normal ratio.

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

  • @toecutter8002
    @toecutter8002 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    If it's highly radioactive ☢️ why would someone hold it with no gloves

    • @Authaire1
      @Authaire1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Because it's not that dangerous unless you inhale it.

    • @Creed109
      @Creed109 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's fine to hold it temporarily and wash your hands afterwards.

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because the highly radioactive aspect of it is only dangerous if you swallow or digest it

  • @WulfgarOpenthroat
    @WulfgarOpenthroat ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's a lot less dangerous than you think. In fact, so long as you're careful to prevent inhaling any dust, uranium ore is more dangerous as a chemically toxic heavy metal(hope you washed your hand after recording this video!).
    Still, when in doubt erring on the side of excess safety is always good praxis.

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The reality is, a good hand washing, don't break the sample and definitely don't grind the damned thing. Otherwise, it's pretty much just a rock when it's laying around.
      And well, let's face it, washing one's hands often is always good advice.
      I had a uranium ore sample in a mineral set as a kid, that, after being born a week after Tsar Bomba, which basically was the idiotic atmospheric testing era.
      I still only have two heads - that, due to being male. Then again, maybe the radiation helped, as I learned far earlier on to not let the small one think for me. ;)

    • @Steven_Edwards
      @Steven_Edwards 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is the main reason depleted uranium as a horrible weapon to use in city warfare or county farmland.
      We use it anyway because there isn't really anything more durable for weapons.

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spvillano😂😂 and what’s the heavy metals neurotoxic effects?

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@miproduction6196 never experienced any - experienced any - experienced any.
      Seriously though, nobody has had health effects from Fiestaware or uranium glass. Can't say that for workers exposed where they were made though...
      Gonna build that radiation detector though, there's a consignment shop that has a butt load of Fiestaware on sale and absolutely no clue what the uranium glazed type is actually worth.

  • @derpymcderpello5381
    @derpymcderpello5381 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Highly radioactive"
    I've seen much more radioactive items in antique shops.

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

    • @Diadontis
      @Diadontis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like what?

    • @derpymcderpello5381
      @derpymcderpello5381 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Diadontis Radium dials and uranium glazed fiestaware.

    • @Diadontis
      @Diadontis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@derpymcderpello5381 that's crazy

    • @Vappy1
      @Vappy1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@derpymcderpello5381would the radiation bleed onto the other antique items and make the entire store radioactive?

  • @RobertCraft-re5sf
    @RobertCraft-re5sf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I disagree that's a requirement. American Museum of Natural Histroy. Has beautiful samples of this and others on display. Natural uranium really isn't dangerous to be around. Even being around fresh nuclear fuel isn't dangerous to be around and handle.

  • @mikehawk8984
    @mikehawk8984 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Uranium ore is really not as radioactive as people imagine it is. You probably wouldn't want to be surrounded by the stuff 24/7 or ingest it, but if you frequently travel by plane than you're exposed to more radiation.

  • @danielescobar7618
    @danielescobar7618 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Should be 100% of energy production. If you care about environmental impact and habitat deatruction and dont want nuclear energy, you are not a serious person.

    • @michaeljames5936
      @michaeljames5936 ปีที่แล้ว

      If we got 100% of our total energy needs from nuclear power, i.e. One Hundred times the number of reactors, we have currently, we will soon run out of fuel. This from a Nuclear Industry company blurb...
      "The demand for uranium continues to increase, but the supply is not keeping up. Current uranium reserves are expected to be depleted by the end of the century, and new sources of uranium are hard to find. As a result, uranium prices have been steadily rising, with some estimates predicting a doubling of prices by 2030. This is causing a global uranium squeeze, where the demand for the resource is outstripping the supply."
      .
      It's already the most expensive fuel by an Irish mile, ten to fifty times the cost of solar. It is also not a suitable stand-alone source, as you cannot power it up and down easily, certainly not to keep track of the daily demand changes. This also makes it a poor partner for renewables. Oh! I almost forgot. What is your solution to that pesky waste problem?

    • @danielescobar7618
      @danielescobar7618 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michaeljames5936 uranium reactors are only selected because in the cold war we needed that plutonium byproduct. The answer to your snarky, outdated, gullible question is THORIUM. far more plentiful, far cheaper, much easier to extract, much less toxic.

    • @michaeljames5936
      @michaeljames5936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danielescobar7618 It's also not a 'thing'. There have been no commercial scale Thorium reactors ever built, so this is all theoretical at present. I personally believe Thorium might be a great fuel, to produce very, very, very expensive electricity, but it's twenty, to forty years away from contributing significantly to our energy needs and we may as well wait for fusion. Global Warming is here now. I'll leave you with a quote "Without exception, [thorium reactors] have never been commercially viable, nor do any of the intended new designs even remotely seem to be viable. Like all nuclear power production they rely on extensive taxpayer subsidies; the only difference is that with thorium and other breeder reactors these are of an order of magnitude greater, which is why no government has ever continued their funding.' Peter Karakomos.

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaeljames5936 nope, nuclear power is scalable within reason, so larger reactors for large population centers, smaller ones for small population centers. I've even looked at commercial designs made for direct burial for cooling that'd supply small to moderate sized towns (once the fuel is exhausted, it's to be excavated and recycled, with the solid lead core processed and the fuel reprocessed (not that ever happens even now)).
      But, 100%, just frigging no. A sizable part of the world could use solar thermal, more using solar electrical, more using wind and water movement, a small part using fossil fuel for actually valid environmental reasons (due to environmental conditions).
      Currently, nuclear is more expensive than even using natural gas for electricity production. Plants are expensive to operate, maintain and process fuel for and we've not reprocessed fuel for decades. But, a mixture of plants can supply most nations on the planet with plentiful energy, much derived from sunlight (hell, wind is largely sunlight driven anyway). I did an analysis that'd work in Florida and Qatar (when I did the analysis I was stationed in Qatar) for using an anhydrous ammonia based system that'd collect direct sunlight to heat the working fluids, the only "pollution" was water from the atmosphere. All from basic collectors, add mirrors, reduce site size, but one would need to change the working fluids to higher temperature fluids and not a one exotic or extraordinarily hazardous.

    • @danielescobar7618
      @danielescobar7618 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ericliu5491 yes

  • @JuniorR-u3z
    @JuniorR-u3z 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I found a dark grey rock with these gold streaks on it just like on the video and it's got like small 1/4 by 1/4 crystal like gems. It looks pretty cool and unlike any rock I've ever seen

  • @DasTechnomancer
    @DasTechnomancer หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's less the radiation you need to worry about, it's about accieentally inhaling or ingesting any dust or fragments.

  • @void8207
    @void8207 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bro after an hour.... Erm why am i testing metal in my mouth??? 💀

  • @kkristopher7413
    @kkristopher7413 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have an old chemistry or science kit from the 50s or 60s. It has a small amount of uranium ore and a spinthriscope in the kit.

    • @user-RCST
      @user-RCST 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Spinthriscopes are awesome. It does suck having to wait for your eyes to adjust to darkness.

  • @kellyjayne6410
    @kellyjayne6410 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If this needs to be stored in a lead container for safety, how is it safe to be held by hand with no protection?

    • @BigZapdos
      @BigZapdos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Duration of exposure i guess

    • @nytebot5
      @nytebot5 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The emission of particles which actually cause damage is not instant it takes time so you can touch it but just don't keep it in your hand for too long

  • @illygah
    @illygah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this channel. A youtuber who discusses their passion, in which they are learned. Everyone can sound like they know what they're talking about (that is almost all of youtube), but this one knows at least more than I do about his subject and from this I glean the unknown. No one can say "youtube is all bad" while you are here doing this. Do you think minerals are alive? Like.... dynamic physical systems are special. The cell is that and it can self-reproduce which is cool but the planet is also one. all stuff feels time because time. time gives things a dimension for change....or something?

  • @tymonkalbarczyk1456
    @tymonkalbarczyk1456 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To be honest I have some issues with information in this video. Firstly uranium isn't highly radioactive. Like, it's radioactive, but we cannot really say that element itself is radioactive, it's crude oversimplification. Element doesn't have stable isotopes, and of those unstable most aren't really that radioactive, like most of uranium 238 sometimes isn't even considered radioactive, because of its long half-life. Secondly storing it in lead containers... I would said it isn't always a necessity. Hand sized samples of uranium ore are of course radioactive, but most of this radiation is alfa or beta particles, which can be easily blocked just by plastic or air. That leaves some "hard" beta particles and gamma rays, which will be dispersed into bigger area when you just move away. Usually distance of 30-50 cm is enough to lower radiation intensity to background levels. Only with bigger samples or bigger collections some shielding would be required, where not all shielding need to be made from lead.

  • @lumpyspaceprincess6335
    @lumpyspaceprincess6335 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh gosh,. Finally someone is talking about it

  • @longsnoutpug7248
    @longsnoutpug7248 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    WHY TF DID YOU HOLD THE MOST DANGEROUS STONE WITH YOUR BARE HANDS BROOOOOO

    • @user-RCST
      @user-RCST 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Uranium is relatively safe to handle just don't eat it.

  • @alexprokhorov407
    @alexprokhorov407 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Highly radioactive is determined by two factors: it's half life and its ability to emit either neutrons and gamma rays at the same time

  • @RiyakK-ei8dt
    @RiyakK-ei8dt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am cooked I ate 2,000,000,000,000 mg of uranium

  • @RetroRenegade8706
    @RetroRenegade8706 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a dude. Litteally handles the stuff that levels cities in his bare hands

  • @mikeydudek2885
    @mikeydudek2885 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Then why tf are you holding it with your bare hands? Next video we’re gonna see that same hand with growths on it.

  • @siltwolf2456
    @siltwolf2456 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sounds like Kermit the frog 😂

  • @bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132
    @bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so uranium ore can be black and yellow , kinda like caution tape , . . also it's not anywhere near as dangerous as other radioactive metals . . with the main hazard being a long term exposure to it

  • @francisquebachmann7375
    @francisquebachmann7375 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So basically video gsme characters are actually climbing rocks made with uranium (yellow pigment)

  • @saltblood
    @saltblood ปีที่แล้ว

    Uranium and many other radioactive elements also occur in something called pitchblende and was how many radioactive elements beyond uranium were discovered

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, pitchblende is a mineral. It is indeed one uranium ore.

  • @lumpyspaceprincess6335
    @lumpyspaceprincess6335 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's not highly radioactive, it's literally the least radioactive element of radioactive elements

  • @icecube-n2d
    @icecube-n2d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Uranium is highly radioactive"
    Uranium isn't significantly radioactive compared to a lot of other radioactive elements. It's just you don't want to be by it for a long period of time, but you're not screwed if you hold it in your hand or just get close to it like many other radioactive elements

  • @JohnSmall314
    @JohnSmall314 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was a kid in the 1960's I bought some Uranium nitrate by mail order. It's not very radioactive, the half life is 4.5 billion years.

  • @blacklight683
    @blacklight683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Huh it looks like moldy rocks...

  • @graemecouch5010
    @graemecouch5010 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dont leave it Laying Around the House !

  • @TheFifthEmporor
    @TheFifthEmporor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Knock knock Its godzilla and I hear you have Radiation over there so ima bout to pay you a visit

  • @user-me1bn2kh1p
    @user-me1bn2kh1p 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My friend: Ayo, what's up! Have you tried Unanium?
    Me: Huh? What?
    My friend: Idk, it's kind of crunchy if you try it. The taste is not bad!
    Me: Wha- 💀💀💀

  • @franklinemix8048
    @franklinemix8048 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    From what I have heard about these stuffs Will this guy survive???

  • @Yourfather1984
    @Yourfather1984 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now this is useful information

  • @bentleynorman6289
    @bentleynorman6289 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s one angry beep box

  • @chris77777777ify
    @chris77777777ify 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quite useful

  • @LookAtThisRock
    @LookAtThisRock 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Look at that rock.....but don't lick it......

  • @NathanaelNewton
    @NathanaelNewton ปีที่แล้ว

    Mine is red and gray.. hmm
    My spectrometer shows that the gammas are dominated by radium 226

  • @tirps
    @tirps 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Human’s kryptonite”

  • @janinebelleestrada7096
    @janinebelleestrada7096 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my fucking glob... I licked the walls of an old mine that has small deposits of uranium. I didn't know this olace was radioactive because the workers usually die in five years of mining coal. That also explains why I am now partially blind in my right eye and that I am experiencing extreme pain in my jawline area

  • @henryhansen3662
    @henryhansen3662 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Uranium is not highly radioactive because is has a very long half life. Uranium minerals are a little more radioactive because of the daughter elements. Something with a short half life like Radium or Cobalt 60 would be considered very radioactive.

  • @kalashnikov_47z
    @kalashnikov_47z 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did anyone noticed changes in his finger?

  • @kainthebastard
    @kainthebastard 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guys, it's not so radioactive it's damaging instantly, you can even tell bc the camera is working. There's much more radioactive elements out there, BUT, keeping this object out for a long period of time and not in the proper container after some YEARS you could experience heavy radiation poisoning.

  • @whocares110
    @whocares110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you survive mining that ore?

  • @dakshsharma4946
    @dakshsharma4946 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What if i keep in my pocket for my whole life(until I die)?

  • @user-yz3tl9te3h
    @user-yz3tl9te3h 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Then y are u holding it 😂

  • @1804-zoekid
    @1804-zoekid 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He's bare handing it getting to be the hulk

  • @actor62321
    @actor62321 ปีที่แล้ว

    This sample would look interesting in a cloud chamber👍

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting? Naw, it'd look totally cool - especially with a magnet to deflect positive alpha and negative beta, leaving neutrons to blaze forward. Remember, with an ore sample, daughter products are present and with a decent sample, one can get examples of all 3 types of particles and gamma.

  • @Zer0TheHer0_VR
    @Zer0TheHer0_VR ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s really not all that radioactive…I mean don’t eat it…not really a big deal

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

  • @JSTMelon
    @JSTMelon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “He was holding 2.5million chest X-rays roentgen in his hand”

  • @czyruszamora5309
    @czyruszamora5309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so urine is named after uranium because its yellow? or uranium named after urine

    • @Authaire1
      @Authaire1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The ladder. It's piss ore.

  • @ThomasSmith-os4zc
    @ThomasSmith-os4zc ปีที่แล้ว

    The indigenous people in the West made yellow body paint out of Uranium Ore.

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      its not pure uranium or radium it should be trtium or 1 more thing i forgot its name trtium only realeases beta radiation and also you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

  • @gray8177
    @gray8177 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the info kermit

  • @theprof73
    @theprof73 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Uranium is not highly radioactive

  • @FootballisLife11993
    @FootballisLife11993 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro ur okay?
    You just tpuch it with bare hands

  • @debdenjohn8841
    @debdenjohn8841 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is he holding it in his hands 😮

  • @KartikSingh-rk3jg
    @KartikSingh-rk3jg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thinking of hisashi ouchi

  • @leonfisher6214
    @leonfisher6214 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And your holding that thing with your bare hands?????

  • @Auroral_Anomaly
    @Auroral_Anomaly 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah yes “highly radioactive”.💀

  • @usmcpatriot7546
    @usmcpatriot7546 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How is this person holding that without protection

    • @user-RCST
      @user-RCST 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't need protection to handle it.

    • @kellyjayne6410
      @kellyjayne6410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-RCST they did say that you have to store it in a lead container...

    • @user-RCST
      @user-RCST 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kellyjayne6410 I have stuff that can turn the beeps into a solid tone, and it's fine to handle.

    • @kellyjayne6410
      @kellyjayne6410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @user-RCST He specifically said it has to be stored in a lead box. I can assume it's dangerous and shouldn't be considered safe to touch if he said it has to be stored in lead?

  • @J.D-g8.1
    @J.D-g8.1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So when i find it, should i eat it?

  • @djgregdinero
    @djgregdinero ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Narrated by Kermit The Frog

  • @BryantBright-f1p
    @BryantBright-f1p 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    then why are you holding it with your bare hands???

  • @ERIC_Sans
    @ERIC_Sans 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guy ithink ifound the kermit the frog voice actor

  • @philipblythe6535
    @philipblythe6535 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Toxic half life of Uranium 238: 7 million years.

  • @brosephy5180
    @brosephy5180 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that sample from the Anderson mine in central Arizona? The host rock appears similar to the silicified lake sediments from that area

    • @RangerMcFriendly
      @RangerMcFriendly ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Carnotite is most commonly found on petrified wood and dinosaur bone in the Uravan Belt of western CO and eastern UT. It’s possible that sample he is holding is from AZ.

    • @brosephy5180
      @brosephy5180 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RangerMcFriendly true, but the Uravan belt deposits are typically roll front or tabular and have a sandstone matrix associated with organic debris (hence the bones and petrified wood). This sample appears more fine grained and laminated than usual uravan samples and a bit more like those from the Anderson/Date Creek area. Just a guess though, hard to tell from quick clips of the sample.

  • @SchizoPost
    @SchizoPost 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tastes crunchy. Mmm

  • @Rxoxi
    @Rxoxi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    URAAAAAANIUM FEVER

  • @How_is_this_taken
    @How_is_this_taken 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love eating that desert

  • @mark6302
    @mark6302 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know what uraninite looks like from Subnautica \m/

  • @BillSikes.
    @BillSikes. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro, you shouldn't be handling that stuff 😮

  • @TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx
    @TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx ปีที่แล้ว

    Take care Geology Hub. Uranium is among the highest-number elements that can be produced naturally.

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really, it's just the longest lived naturally produced primordial elements.
      Or should I mention Przybylski's star, with plutonium in it's atmosphere? Just to name one element that's odd that all know.
      Given its peculiar velocity, I suspect it was part of a trinary system that had two neutron stars fall in love and join. ;)
      A threesome gone wrong.

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

  • @PusheenPlushGoesPlaces
    @PusheenPlushGoesPlaces 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks delicious

  • @UnfinishedBread
    @UnfinishedBread 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Uranium - UO2
    Carnotite -

  • @The_Gallowglass
    @The_Gallowglass 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Makes me wish for nuclear winter.

  • @skarfacemendoza6741
    @skarfacemendoza6741 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So what happens if i have a rock in my room?

    • @user-RCST
      @user-RCST 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You would have to have it taped to your skin for a least a year to see any affects.

  • @johnking6252
    @johnking6252 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Only 2% of world electrical power? Somewhat disconcerting if I say so myself. ❓

  • @bairewilson4029
    @bairewilson4029 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is he still alive or suffering from violent cancer?

  • @fidelisekweanua5315
    @fidelisekweanua5315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is he holding uranium?

  • @vahagnmelikyan2906
    @vahagnmelikyan2906 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh shit so I found uranium. Thanks😂 I thought it was gold

    • @nextmaldini
      @nextmaldini 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you arent screwed if you arent there for long term (and also if it is in small quantity)its also used in large amounts in reactors workers even walk around it but if u inhale or eat it u think u will dye but no because body doesnt absorb radioactive element it most of it will just be thrown out by excretory system butt still dangerous (dont try to smell or taste it) and its not too likely to see while walking on mountain its just little less rare than gold and if u wanna know if its uranium or other radioactive element you can use geiger counter or uv rays ( shining uv rays at it or some other radioactive element will cause it to glow light green or bluish color) to see that if its is uranium or not and their are many natural elements which are more radioactive than uranium such as radium (pure) and also not all yellow coloured objects are uranium its even used in nuclear medicines. i love this topic

  • @AnkushSickboy-cy6dv
    @AnkushSickboy-cy6dv 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Danger 💀☠️☠️☠️☠️ aliment ☠️☠️☠️☠️😈😈😈😈😈😈

  • @Cheap_Flights
    @Cheap_Flights 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a full pound in the basement! It’s yours to the highest bidder

  • @qthirteen13
    @qthirteen13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Better check back in a few years to see if you’ve invented thumb and index finger cancer 😂