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<p>[QUOTE="George Nesmith, post: 5255, member: 177"]wikipedia defines flint glass this way</p><p>With respect to glass, the term <i>flint</i> derives from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint" rel="nofollow">flint</a> nodules found in the chalk deposits of southeast England that were used as a source of high purity silica by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ravenscroft" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ravenscroft" rel="nofollow">George Ravenscroft</a>, circa 1662, to produce a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potash" rel="nofollow">potash</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass" rel="nofollow">lead glass</a> that was the precursor to English <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_crystal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_crystal" rel="nofollow">lead crystal</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditionally, flint glasses were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass" rel="nofollow">lead glasses</a> containing around 4–60% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_oxide" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_oxide" rel="nofollow">lead oxide</a>; however, the manufacture and disposal of these glasses were sources of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution" rel="nofollow">pollution</a>. In many modern flint glasses, the lead can be replaced with other additives such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide" rel="nofollow">titanium dioxide</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconium_dioxide" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconium_dioxide" rel="nofollow">zirconium dioxide</a> without significantly altering the optical properties of the glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint glass can be fashioned into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinestone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinestone" rel="nofollow">rhinestones</a> which are used as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_simulant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_simulant" rel="nofollow">diamond simulants</a>."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="George Nesmith, post: 5255, member: 177"]wikipedia defines flint glass this way With respect to glass, the term [I]flint[/I] derives from the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint']flint[/URL] nodules found in the chalk deposits of southeast England that were used as a source of high purity silica by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ravenscroft']George Ravenscroft[/URL], circa 1662, to produce a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potash']potash[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass']lead glass[/URL] that was the precursor to English [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_crystal']lead crystal[/URL]. Traditionally, flint glasses were [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass']lead glasses[/URL] containing around 4–60% [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_oxide']lead oxide[/URL]; however, the manufacture and disposal of these glasses were sources of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution']pollution[/URL]. In many modern flint glasses, the lead can be replaced with other additives such as [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide']titanium dioxide[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconium_dioxide']zirconium dioxide[/URL] without significantly altering the optical properties of the glass. Flint glass can be fashioned into [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinestone']rhinestones[/URL] which are used as [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_simulant']diamond simulants[/URL]."[/QUOTE]
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