Polonium pleocraic halos in the biotite in granite.

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Subject: Polonium pleocraic halos in the biotite in granite.

Date: Mon Dec 4 01:01:34 2000
Posted by Dave
Grade level: nonaligned School: none
City: West Suffield State/Province: CT Country: United States
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 975909694.Es

Message:


How is it possible that radioactive material with a half life of 0.000164 
seconds (Polonium 214) can be found in granite (Biotite or little black 
specs in granite)  When it took 300 million years and immeasurable 
pressures to form the granite?

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