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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_tile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_tile "Uranium tiles have been used in the ceramics industry for many centuries
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_tile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_tile
"Uranium tiles have been used in the ceramics industry for many centuries, as uranium oxide makes an excellent ceramic glaze, and is reasonably abundant
Vibrant colors of orange, ... during that period (circa 1920–1940) used bathroom or kitchen tiles that had been glazed with uranium. These can now be detected by a Geiger counter"
Apparently not dangerous, if you don't lick it, or grind it up and inhale dust, etc.
- taubek 4y agoOh, and I just came across this https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/ceramics/fiestaware.html https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consum...
- taubek 4y agoAs a kid I was listening stories about cobalt blue and that dishes wit that color were radioactive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_blue