Talk:Uranium glass

message: If small pieces of glass get broken into some sort of dust and eaten or breezed?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.85.134.221 (talk) 23:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about toxical effects ? 

message: Trinitite is also light green; since actinides are so similar, chemically, should we discuss that material in this article?--Joel 23:30, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say not. I'm pretty sure that trinitite's colour isn't down to actinides, but (like green bottles) to reduced iron. Check out this PDF paper which contains an analysis. Tearlach 04:23, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trinitite 

message: Riedel confirmed. It's a glassmaking dynasty: see history page at www.riedel.com. The uranium glass one would be Josef Riedel the Elder of Polaun (the German name for Dolni Polubny). Tearlach 18:42, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Riedel 

message: What the hell? The :Image:Vaseline Glasses.jpg did work once, it was uploaded to the Commons after I made a request in Picture Requests. Where on earth did it go to? - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 20:32, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
I dont understand why the image  was deleted, I can see it very good. I downloaded 4 images, if anyone want to use it in the article, its possible I dont have enough of experiences of it /sorry for mt english :)/
--Nolanuss 04:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old images -- ???? 

message: Two different reasons are given for the name "vaseline glass", namely:
: "changing from its normal transparent yellow or yellow-green with increasing opacity to, ultimately, opaque white. This material, technically a glass-ceramic, inspired the name "vaseline glass" due to its similar appearance to petroleum jelly."
and:
: "Vaseline glass gets its name from the original formula for Vaseline Petroleum Jelly which was yellow-green much like the color of antifreeze."
These two versions are not consistent, could someone with experience in this field plase clarify?
--Paiconos 20:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please clarify the origin of "vaseline glass" 

message: I arrived on this page from the article on uranium. There, a source is cited as saying that uranium was used in glass in oxide form as early as 79 AD. As the source is a government website, I believe it is trustworthy, but I will entrust that conclusion to you guys. 69.246.150.153 22:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have JSTOR access to the full paper, but it seems to check out: Google Books finds the source of this statement to be The Earliest Known Use of a Material Containing Uranium by Earle R. Caley, Isis, Vol. 38, No. 3/4 (Feb., 1948).    I've added some detail on this and other early use, partially from already sourced material from Uranium. Tearlach 20:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I'd just like to note that the Glass Association reference cited in the article, , is skeptical of the 79 AD find.209.189.225.226 02:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earliest use? 

message: this particular shade of green is rather pure, makes me wonder if there are any elements that would work as a glass medium for the other two as well(even if it means radioactive elements too).
Would there be anything that corresponds to this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murakumo-Elite (talk • contribs) 06:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  There are certain types of fluorite with blue-violet fluorescence under UV, apparently due to trace europium? Pic at http://wombat1138.deviantart.com/art/Uranium-fluorite-bracelet-257998019 in combination with green uranium glass. The only thing I've personally seen that fluoresces red in this wavelength range are certain type of rubies-- not all natural rubies will fluoresce red under UV, but I think most synthetic ones are doped to do so; still, it could get expensive. --Wombat1138 (talk) 06:19, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  any RED and BLUE flourescent glass materials? 

message: Otherwise, modern uranium glass is now mainly limited to small objects like beads or marbles as scientific or decorative novelties.
This sounds like it is currently being made for those purposes, if so, who does it?
87.178.26.175 (talk) 00:49, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who still makes it? 

message: I'm wondering about the paragraph near the top that states that uranium was sharply curtailed during the cold war, and gives dates 1940s to 1990s. Is this known for certain as a fact? The sources I have read said that (in the USA) "The government confiscated all supplies of uranium during WWII and halted all production of vaseline glass from approximately 1943 until the ban was lifted in Nov. 1958." https://www.vaselineglass.org/?page_id=35 Although that was partially during the cold war, it wasn't for the entire duration. However, I do not know about what kind of uranium restriction there was or is in other countries. Perhaps that section should be reworded so that it doesn't imply that uranium use in glass was banned all the way through the 1990s? Glassnut (talk) 03:00, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold War 

message: Quick question; why is this site the only one to list her as Josef Reidel's -daughter- when everywhere else lists her as his -wife-? That's quite the bit of a jump. 50.195.189.109 (talk) 16:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anna Maria 

message: The article linked in reference 5 has been replaced with a note that the original article was erroneous (plus it appears that article was regarding depleted uranium.)
Recommend using this article for the radiation reference: https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/1954/1/Lopes_2008.pdf
The author carefully measured the radioactivity of various pieces at various distances for safety in uranium glass museum exhibits. Father-science (talk) 17:14, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad Reference & Replacement Suggestion