Vintage uranium glass cullet on ebay CHEAP!

Just out of curiosity I had a look (never heard the work cullet before). What do you do with those big chunks of glass? Just nosey!

Yes I know that there are some flavours that are less radioactive, but but but....

It's just the color of the glass, I think. Right?

Melts them to make beads, I believe. :)

oh I hope so - I just bought a pound of uranium yellow and it's sitting in my kitchen!

If it's the Effetre Uranium Yellow it's totally different from what's on that website. Cool color though!

T>oh I hope so - I just bought a pound of uranium yellow and it's sitting in >my kitchen!

Here's a great page on the history of Uranium Yellow glass. I love the stuff and wish I had more money to spend on collecting it!

Hey, good to know! And the pieces in that article are gorgeous - almost ethereal!

Just out of curiosity I had a look (never heard the work cullet before). What do you do with those big chunks of glass? Just nosey!

comes from manufacturing plants where they make pressed glass -- the only way to use this stuff is to break it up into smaller pieces -then "rebatch" it in a small crucble kiln/tank or -- if you try to "lampwork " it - you can preheat small chunks in a kiln - then take them out with tongs and work them. Many "batch" glasses tend to do strange things in a torch however, because they are made for a reduction furance environment .

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yes - it has uranium salts in the glass.

a scan of such glass with a geiger counter will give off a reading that normally is barely above what your daily "background" radiation level is... (which varies of course depending on where you live).

it won't kill ya!

Cheryl last semester of lawschool! yipee! DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

oh I hope so - I just bought a pound of uranium yellow and it's sitting in my kitchen!

if you mean the Moretti Uranium Yellow - that is a "color" and not true uranium glass.

True Uranium glass will glow bright green/yellow in black light... the darn Moretti is "fake"

(I know-- I bought it and tried it.) Please ALSO note that several DIFFERENT types of glass - also generically known as Vaseline glass will glow -- Glass with a high IRON content will be bright GREEN, uranium glass is more yellow green... Custard glass made with real gold will also glow in Black light - a softer greenish yellow.

Cheryl last semester of lawschool! yipee! DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Thanks for this information, Cheryl - I was often confused by those, myself. :)

wish it was something I could use...

Mary

It's really, really OK... the glass is only very, very mildly radioactive... to about the same degree as your average household dog. But very pretty!

My chemist friend does not recommend soak> >

No, it was made with uranium. The batch mixers were exposed to more radioactivity than was good for them, but the resulting glass is just a teeny bit radioactive. It was made with tiny amounts of (IICR)uranium ore. It's exactly the same stuff as that collectible vaseline and custard glass from the 30's and 40's.

-Kalera

Kandice Seeber wrote:

Thank you so much for this page! That was wonderfully informative, and it also leads me to believe that th ebay seller may be selling chunk salvaged from Mount Washington Glass Co. as the custard turns a lovely salmony-pink when reheated!

-Kalera

Mj wrote:

Oh, yes. I did read that - makes sense. I love Vaseline glass, and Uranium glass is gorgeous.