Topic: Bagley UV Glow

[Moultermike]

I note an error in my posting of 25th Jan. Uranyl is UO2 2+, not UO" 2-. The fluorescence of uranium in glass is limited to the +6 oxidation state, of which UO2 2+ has the most intense fluorescence. The first time I saw uranium glass at an antiques fair I didn't know what it was, but its colour reminded me of Zinc Uranyl Nitrate, a chemical that I had used in chemical analysis. I took it home and tested it with my Giger counter, which gave a very strong clicking. That started my rather large collection! I also have quite a lot of uranium pottery, which is much more radioactive than the glass is.

Moultermike

[Lustrousstone]

Thank you Meegs but I don't really collect Bagley; though I have acquired quite a lot of it in uranium, I intend to weed much of it out of my collection over time.

[shugdens]

Thank you Meegs but I don't really collect Bagley; though I have acquired quite a lot of it in uranium, I intend to weed much of it out of my collection over time.

I know an Iranian guy buying it by the ton  :24:

[chopin-liszt]

 :24:
Clearly though, your friend must be completely clueless about the use of Uranium - you can't make power or anything else useful from it (apart from labelling drugs for research etc.)
Pretty glass is another matter though - is he recycling it?