Uranium Glass

So I finally had a chance to set up and photograph the uranium glass that I'm borrowing from my friend's mother's boyfriend. xD

Mom wants to do some more with it, so there might be more photos soon. Never know.

Basically though, uranium glass was radioactive when it was at its melting point, and so it will glow bright green under a blacklight. The people who made the glass pieces though all died of radiation poisoning. I don't think any new pieces have been created in over seventy years though, since this is back from before they knew about those dangers.

I first learned about uranium glass at the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, since they have this amazing collection of it. That place is always worth a gander anyways because there is so much cool stuff, and stories.

Uranium glass under normal light though just looks like a sickly yellow green pretty much.

Sadly, the photo will never do it true justice. But it still looks really cool!

Enjoy, and if I get more good shots I will post them as well. ^^


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