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Message:: [QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 117624, member: 878"]Sorry, it's not the density, but the chemical ingredients. Concerning  color. Many who are not mg (milk glass) obsessed are not aware that mg does not mean "white." It comes in just about every color including black. If you want to know where "milk glass" moniker came from, ask. It might double this note, though. Some commercial sellers will tout the translucence, iridescence, reddish glow, as proof of age. Fact is it could, but not as they claim. Roughly 80, 90% of the iridescence is on new glass, like yesterday's. Few of the antique mg makers produced that look. Dithridge 1860 +_ to 1903 was one, and they are one of the highly sought after for their quality, but not because the color was "thinner." Many of the early companies, like Westmoreland, originally called it opal, as in opalescent. Others, such as Atterbury, made it more opaque. It varies. Maybe I should start taking some of the new medicine that  improves your memory. (If I believe it works, then it will. Nothing to do with the pill, it's just what you believe that will help.) I CANNOT DRAG OUT OF MY HEAD the name of the chemical that was banned in the early 1940s - in glass making. That created a different feel and is an excellent way to identify pre and post 40s milk glass. Anyone here recall that?[/QUOTE]