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<p>[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 154222, member: 1211"]American glass manufactured between 1860 and 1915 was made with manganese, which imbued the glass with an interesting trait; the glass turned purple when submitted to prolonged exposure to UV rays. Using sunlight to turn antique glass purple can be time-consuming, but you can speed the process up by using special UV lamps.</p><p>i already new it but looked it up anyways, maybe one of our glass expert can or know of another way .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 154222, member: 1211"]American glass manufactured between 1860 and 1915 was made with manganese, which imbued the glass with an interesting trait; the glass turned purple when submitted to prolonged exposure to UV rays. Using sunlight to turn antique glass purple can be time-consuming, but you can speed the process up by using special UV lamps. i already new it but looked it up anyways, maybe one of our glass expert can or know of another way .[/QUOTE]
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