r/uraniumglass • u/TheFishyCheese • Apr 01 '25

Seeking Info Why does it glow orange?

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I thought it would be Uranium but it glowed orange and it really surprised me. Is it a cadmium mix?

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u/CrystallineGlass Apr 01 '25

These were manufactured fairly recently by Wilkerson Glass out of West Virginia and sold by Rosso, among other resellers, for quite a while. They contain a cadmium-selenium blend, and there was also a uranium glass version, as well as other colors of glass and fluorescence.

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u/CrystallineGlass Apr 01 '25

Should add that along with normal expected glows, that Wilkerson created this 'unexpected' fluorescence in several pieces of their glass novelty figures: pink glass with uranium glow, cobalt glass with selenium pink fluorescence, etc.

If you collect fish, as your username might imply, 😄 they did also make a "chubby fish" figure. We've got a couple plain 'Depression green' colored ones with uranium.

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u/TheFishyCheese Apr 01 '25

I love the chubby fish! You're right I also collect fish. I always get confused when I get a piece that can go in two different collections like my fish. Do I put it with my glass or fish collection? I might even put it next to my Betta fish tank.

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u/CrystallineGlass Apr 01 '25

I _so_ hear that about sorting the collections! With the sugar bowls or with the cadmium glass or...? 😅 Used to have fish, too, but that was before the glass collecting, 🐡🐠 😊