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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4352672, member: 111"]Unless your pics are deceptive, might want to actually use a black light on these before calling them 'uranium glass' (anyone looking for that would expect to see images with the fluorescence) - they don't appear to be the same color as those in your link, and while they may have uranium salts present, suspect the 'glow' might be less vivid. Personally, have used a UV light for decades, they are useful in so many ways for determining or at least giving clues in numerous areas concerning material, age, damage, etc. (and they're just kind of fun too)...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a blue mug currently on eBay:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/234168422368" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/234168422368" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/234168422368</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361478[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a green jug that the seller might have considered looking at with a black light:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/313750083965" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/313750083965" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/313750083965</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361479[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4352672, member: 111"]Unless your pics are deceptive, might want to actually use a black light on these before calling them 'uranium glass' (anyone looking for that would expect to see images with the fluorescence) - they don't appear to be the same color as those in your link, and while they may have uranium salts present, suspect the 'glow' might be less vivid. Personally, have used a UV light for decades, they are useful in so many ways for determining or at least giving clues in numerous areas concerning material, age, damage, etc. (and they're just kind of fun too)... Here is a blue mug currently on eBay: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/234168422368[/URL] [ATTACH=full]361478[/ATTACH] And a green jug that the seller might have considered looking at with a black light: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/313750083965[/URL] [ATTACH=full]361479[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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