fentonacres Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Needless to say, it will also come in handy when we get a new puppy... BUT!!! In the meantime, I think I will have some additional sorting to do... I have a lot of uranium glass. QUESTION: a few of the more "yellow" marbles that I had in the lemon-lime batch actually glowed pink. After looking up uranium glass on Wikipedia, they mention that the pink is called "Burmese." Can I assume that here? First attachment here is without blacklight... the "other views" in the next post down show the reactive state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonacres Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-SPwBtvS http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-XnL5Lcs http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-CjgvBtV http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-bpjXZcB http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-FKgjKc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I think the pink of the Burmese glass refers to the original color of the glass -- in daylight -- not the glow under blacklight. Pink or orange glow would come from another element other than uranium. Manganese would be one possibility there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonacres Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Now I see your blacklight pictures -- I don't know what would give one a dull pink glow. Not uranium though and I wouldn't call 'em Burmese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Isn't the glow of those on the right fantastic? Right this minute, I don't know if we're looking at swirls or slags there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonacres Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Oh I don't know either... I just got the dang thing so was playing with it... and now I see there are so many more in my collection... as time goes on I will try to get better shots. Too much FUN!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fentonacres Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 The pink is really pretty too... not expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Once upon a time, I took all my marbles into a closet, and I started pulling them out according to how much they glowed under the blacklight. I'd take out all the brightest ones and put them in one box. Then after my eyes had a chance to adjust and those other bright ones were gone, some of the remaining ones started to look bright. So I would pull those out. And then repeat the process. When I got down to about level 4, I started seeing some really neat colors in the glow. Like up to four different colors in one marble. Blue glow can come from calcium. I ended up with a tan on my wrist from how much I used the blacklight. Don't use it as much as I did! hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonacres Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 HAHAHAHAHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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