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The Ridiculous Radioactivity of Uraninite

In this blurry, bland, but HOT clip, I move a Russian-made Geiger counter towards and away from a rare crystal of pure uraninite (uranium oxide with decay products such as radium and polonium), vividly demonstrating its radioactivity and how the dose (beta and gamma) changes with distance.

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