[Rockhounds] Fluorescent glass & Fiesta Ware / icecrystals/icespikes/Kryptonite

[Gary Brown]

When I was a kid, probably back in the mid 50's, I had a small melanoma
removed from my face by a doctor in New York City using radium.  I can
remember the feel of the metal tube against my cheek, and the click of the
lead shutter that exposed the radium.  I still have small "dent" on my cheek
from it.  Scary doctor, though.  Just stubs for fingers.  Turns out he
trained under Curie as a VERY young man and lost all his fingers in the
process.

GcB

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of 
> Axel Emmermann
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:39 PM
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> collectors'
> Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] Fluorescent glass & Fiesta Ware / 
> icecrystals/icespikes/Kryptonite
> 
> Hi Erich,
> 
> Maria Salomee Skłodowska, AKA Madame Curie, died at age 66 of 
> leukemia. She lived in an exiting epoque in which 
> radioactivity was discovered.
> In her time it was fashionable to decorate a garden party ...