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Swede

(36,151 posts) Fri Apr 4, 2025, 09:57 AM Apr 4

Someone donated an ash tray that contains uranium. Green glass, glows in the dark. [View all]

When the boss showed it to me, without thinking I said "I have a Geiger counter at home."
(which I do)

Without skipping a beat, she looks me in the eye and says "Of course you do."
She knows me.

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Someone donated an ash tray that contains uranium. Green glass, glows in the dark. [View all] Swede Apr 4 OP

Lol SheltieLover Apr 4 #1

Very collectible. People like to display them in cabinets with a black light ms liberty Apr 4 #2

What does the black light do? Swede Apr 4 #3

Uranium glass glows, see here: ms liberty Apr 4 #4

Such radiating beauty! Omnipresent Apr 4 #6

Omg! Woah.... Eerie! electric_blue68 Apr 6 #10

It causes the uranium electrons to fluoresce EYESORE 9001 Apr 4 #5

I've been saving any pieces I find Marthe48 Apr 4 #7

urainium glass. AllaN01Bear Apr 4 #8

At Univ of NM in the 70's - we had uranium and lead powders in jars in our ceramics class womanofthehills Apr 4 #9