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Techie in need of a doorstop picks up 'chunk of metal' – only to find out it's rather pricey

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Re: Watch out for geological samples

"an old clock dial with luminous markings painted (we assumed) with a radium sulphide/zinc sulphide paint.

In the 1950s had (presumably war surplus) torches that had a thin 30mm disc of luminous material instead of a lens.

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