One of the top picks for us homeowners is granite because it is durable and beautiful as well as affordable.
The radioactivity of marble.
These marbles barely register on sensitive geiger counters and the radiation emitted barely creeps above the background radiation we experience everyday from natural sources.
Although the marbles emit beta particles and gamma rays which are dangerous at high levels they only give off a small number of these radioactive decay products.
Yes it is true.
These range from natural materials such as wood marble and granite to engineered products such as quartz stone.
By curiouspost august 23 2015.
Some building materials such as granite brick marble and other items contain natural radioactivity.
Generally these substances contain traces of radioactive elements like uranium thorium and their daughter products like radium polonium and radon.
However some articles have circulated that claim granite is a source of harmful radiation specifically radon.
Granite and marble do emit tiny but noticeable amount of radiation in different proportions.