[Rockhounds] Antozonite

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Probably not very radioactive, but the type locality does have
radioactive minerals. Mindat says
Stink-Fluss

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A variety of fluorite containing free fluorine. When broken there is a
smell of ozone. The fluorine reacts with water vapor to form ozone and
hydrogen fluoride.
Originally described from Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf,
Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 8:38 PM hammerron <hammerron at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> I came across a piece of antozonite.  The label described it as a
> radioactive variety of fluorite. Would anyone have any information
> regarding how radioactive it might be?
> Ron
>
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