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| Vaseline Glass Under Black Light |
A few years ago I attended the California Sea Glass Association’s annual festival in Santa Cruz. That year Richard LaMotte, the author of “Pure Sea Glass, Discovering Nature’s Vanishing Gems” was the keynote speaker. I bought the book, which I now refer to as my sea glass “Bible”. In the book, LaMotte carefully explains the possible sources of different colors and your chances of finding them. It was here that my thirst for Vaseline Glass began. Vaseline glass contains 2% uranium dioxide! It typically has a yellow green color but looks neon green under a black light. A rare find indeed!
Today my black light arrived in the mail. I didn’t hesitate to tear open the package, add batteries, and run into the bathroom with my best batch of glass. And there it was, glowing in the middle of my pile, bright lime neon green! A piece I had found two years ago and always figured was “milk glass” was indeed so much more. I had been searching for something I already possessed. I think that says it all…don’t you?
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| Vaseline Glass Under Natural Light |
I might have spoken too soon. I'm now thinking the shard is depression glass. Either way, it is cool!!!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I think I've got some of that too.. whatever it is! I'll have to run it under your blacklight one day :)
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