Radioactivity of Normal Natural Stone

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In 2000, Chinese Government issues the ‘Standard of Natural Stone’s Radioactivity Used on Buildings’, which classified them into 3 kinds, A can be used in everywhere. B cannot be used indoors, but can be used outside, such as walls, smoke-funnel, dams, C is limited to used in the place where is far from people live.

The following is the detailed datas,
Sample’s Name   
Radium       Thorium Potassium Grades
Pear Flower 27.5 82.2 1326.0      A
Red Wang Shan 28 27.7 1018.0      A
Green Peacock 27.5 48.7 1275.2      A
Red Indian 218.9 280.1 1238.0      C
Red May Day 247.6 247.6 1316.3      B
Red Guilin 241.2 246.9 1549.2      C
Red Luoyuan 80.8 96.4 1446.0      A
Red Stone Island 85.6 182.0 1444.0      B
Red Marple Leaf 107.8 108.6 1260.3      B
Red General 11.4 40.1 1473.0      A
Red Dujuan 470.8 910.4 3054.7      C
Red Taishan 90 83.2 1104.0      A
Red Lujin 119.5 157.2 1282.0      B
Red Cherry 104.7 104.5 1205.8      B
Yellow Chrysanthemum 12.5 29.2 1455.0      A
Red Malan 102.7 189.5 1196.0      B
Red South Africa 49.8 142.6 1328.0      B
Red Sanbao 71.8 128 1545.0      B
Dark Blue Jilan 5.5 4.3 131.1      A
White Baideng 40.6 21.1 978.0      A
Flower Wulian 145.5 315.0 1309.0      B
Red Rose 143.2 182.5 1310.0      B
Red Taishan 109.1 173.8 1338.0      B
Green Dujian 483.5 792.6 3313.0      C
Red Xili 92.3 105.6 1362.0      A
Red Cenxi 96.4 109.5 1273.0      A
Red Chuan 119 184 1395      B
Red Huidong 138.5 175.0 1468.0      B
Red Shanxia 57.5 208 1400      B
Purple 116 110 1619      B
Red Li Gang 132.8 91.3 1191      B

Besides, according to ICRP, the Density of Radon should be less than 100Bqm3. But according to the Chinese Standard, the Density of Radon is that
A is less than 70Bq; B is less than 90Bq; C is less than 100Bq