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Re: Laos Souvenir


 


I bought it for USD 2 only(50000 Kip)
Wasn’t aware sold?outside Laos
Quite lightweight ?for safekeeping.


On Friday, April 4, 2025, 12:37 AM, Dude via groups.io <dfemer@...> wrote:

Taray,

I hope they are using just the steel cluster bomb casings and not an actual BLU-63 bomblet as they are an extremely dangerous UXO and are never to be handled even by EOD personnel.

https://www.faire.com/brand/b_172b569b ??The price is pretty high here.

Dud

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of taray singh via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 7:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [XRF-Page-2] Laos Souvenir

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Laos Bomb Souvenir

From War Scrap to Peace Artifact

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Physical Properties

- Lightweight

-Non-magnetic

White dull rough looking .

Elements Detected

- Aluminum (Al):Dominant element (seller’s claim; not detected by XRF but inferred from lightweight properties).??

- Iron (Fe):Likely from bomb casing steel??

- Nickel (Ni):Alloyed with steel for durability.??

- Copper (Cu):Likely from detonators or wiring.??

- Zinc (Zn):Brass alloy (common in munitions).??

- Lead (Pb):Trace amounts (possibly from solder or systemic peaks).??

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This artifact is recast from unexploded U.S. cluster bombs dropped on Laos during the Secret War (1964–1973).The peaceBOMB Project transforms war debris into jewelry and art, funding local development.??

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Science Meets History

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On Thursday, April 3, 2025, 10:06 AM, taray singh via groups.io <sukhjez@...> wrote:

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