Radiographic Detection of Meteorites is Much Lower than that of Materials on Earth

Everything on Earth contains radiation, and the radiation detection of meteorites is much lower than that of materials on the earth. As a fan of science fiction movies, I curiously asked friends abroad who study minerals. The reply turned out that this is a very common sense question.

The ages of meteorites are quite old, and most of them are much older than the age of the earth.

In tens of billions of years, radioactive materials have experienced countless half-lives, which are already negligible.

When the iron content in the meteorite drops to a very low level over a long period of time, it will form jade-like patterns, which are as beautiful as gemstones.

Among them, the most beautiful ones are called Tianbaoshi(meaning gems from heaven).

Also, because meteorites are samples from extraterrestrial planets, these planets are small in size and cannot undergo extensive and long-term material differentiation and mineralization processes like the earth.

Therefore, meteorites contain far less radioactive minerals than samples such as granite on Earth.

The radiation source from the decay of radioactive elements is also much lower than that of pegmatite minerals such as tourmaline and emerald on the earth.

So think about it, granite can be used in buildings for a long time, tourmaline and emerald can be worn, and meteorites are even better.

Friendly reminder: Iddingsite meteorite/Tianbaoshi (meaning gems from heaven, is a gem grade meteorite) is not the kind of Iddingite on Earth. It is an Iddingsite meteorite from extraterrestrial space.

It contains substances that are not found on Earth. The Chinese test report describes it as: 无法认知元素(Unrecognizable elements).

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