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Joe Sperling

@jsperling91.bsky.social
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Research assistant professor at Colorado School of Mines. Still on X but didn’t wanna miss the science on here. Actinides are neat.

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Joe Sperling @jsperling91.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Neptunium (Np3+) has a beautiful alexandrite effect. Left is one lab, center is natural sunlight, and right is a lab under fluorescent lighting. 5f-5f transitions are magical. This is the same solution. Some great pics taken by @jp_brannon #fblockrocks #actinides
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Joe Sperling @jsperling91.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I love pictures of clean californium. This small quantity has enough gamma radiation to give you your annual background dose in ~30 minutes on contact pictured here is the oxalate #fblockrocks
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Joe Sperling @jsperling91.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hi bluesky, meet blueplutonium #fblockrocks
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