Uranium glass, which glows under ultraviolet light, dates back to the early 19th century, Barnett says, when "European glassmakers used uranium as a colorant to achieve a distinctive yellow or green ...

In the US in the late 1880s, La Belle Glass Company developed what became known as Ivory or Custard glass by increasing the concentration of uranium oxide, which made the effect more opaque.

I vividly remember the first time I saw uranium glass. In daylight, the antique bowl looked ordinary—pale green, transparent glass with a decorative rim—but under a UV light, it transformed, glowing ...

While roaming my favorite antique store outside Atlanta recently, I heard a “click click” sound and turned around to see a woman shining a black-light flashlight on a green plate. A few minutes later, ...

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When Sarah Cooper goes secondhand shopping, she brings a little blacklight with her and shines it on everything—candlesticks, vases, dishware. If it starts glowing, often a Ghostbusters hue of neon ...