Hi Esther

I think the accent or a simple mistake by the vendor.

BTW: There are longer half life forms of Polonium- made in a cyclotron. If the lady was selling jewelry made of that-then she has access to technology that may be beyond current human abilities!

There was a high profile murder involving Polonium 210 a few years ago,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko

Quote - thanks everyone.  Yes it is very bright and shiny like the 2nd example posted by Lully.  Maybe palladium is cheaper nowadays, after all I think jewelry cost is (partially) by the gram and the little chain is very light in weight. It does look really very nice. No there is no blue glow except maybe a touch in my imagination.  Maybe the lady, with her chinese accent said palladium and I heard polonium.

 

BTW I thought polonium had a long half life. I thought I read somewhere 100 years to keep emitting radiation?  And I thought maybe it was a byproduct of unranium use.

Love esther