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Offline The Glass Staircase

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18th cen. wine glass query?
« on: December 05, 2016, 05:07:06 PM »
I picked up a nice double series opaque twist wine glass last week and was wondering if it is normal for glasses of such an age to contain so much uranium like the one I have pictured?
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Re: 18th cen. wine glass query?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2016, 05:42:56 PM »
Hi,I don't think that's uranium,more likely mangenese.
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Re: 18th cen. wine glass query?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2016, 06:45:17 PM »
Ok thanks for the reply, that makes more sense ...doh
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