Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nokita, post: 262148, member: 5194&quot;]The glow fades thru time (depending on chemical concentrations applied on glassworks). Green glow - you may have the uranium glasswork. <b>Uranium</b> glass also fluoresces bright <b>green</b> under ultraviolet light and can register above background radiation on a sufficiently sensitive Geiger counter, although most pieces of <b>uranium</b> glass are considered to be harmless and only negligibly radioactive.</p><p>You got curiousity and appreciation of your possession. This is a guide knowing your collection. Just a little reminder to those who loves to collect porcelain and glass - one must be aware that the industry during certain times used radioactive materials to enhance luminiscence and flourescent color for beauty, elegance and mystic of the art in their business, please refer to these few weblinks for your indulgence - it will lead to the history of the object:</p><p><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1506809?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1506809?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">https://www.jstor.org/stable/1506809?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents</a></p><p><a href="http://ec2software.com/nuclear-medicine/10-commonly-used-items-that-are-radioactive" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec2software.com/nuclear-medicine/10-commonly-used-items-that-are-radioactive" rel="nofollow">http://ec2software.com/nuclear-medicine/10-commonly-used-items-that-are-radioactive</a></p><p>A few e-search articles with sample glassware/artifact that IDs interests and info- it can be downloaded from:</p><p><a href="https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/5534/1/Matos_2008.pt.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/5534/1/Matos_2008.pt.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/5534/1/Matos_2008.pt.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/BMTRB_6_Swift-et-al.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/BMTRB_6_Swift-et-al.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/BMTRB_6_Swift-et-al.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in