Sunday, September 11, 2011

FLUORESCENT Glowing MANGANESE Glass similar to Vaseline

CollectingBrilliant Glowing Persimmon Orange ManganeseGlass *
Fascinating Information about Manganese LadenGlass
The first known glass withorangeglowingpropertieswas Ancient Egyptian glass, particularly purple glass, which wasfound to contain manganese. Manganesecauses it to glow vibrant orange and peach andtangerineunder a blacklight. Thisglowing geponenthas beenadded to glass objects for centuries - to achieve particular coloration in natural light, not necessarily to make it fluoresce. Many amazingmanganese laden itemswere created invarious countries over the years.Manganese glass, like Vaseline glass,is highly sought after, collected widely and begees morescarce and valuable with time.Today, serious collectors have large glasscases, in their homes,with blacklights to show off their incredible collections.The amazingluminescent qualities of this glassare quite exciting and vivid.
Please seean everchanging array of Manganese glass offerings in my store - click below:
The Winged Phoenix
here are some fabulous examples of incandescent manganese art glass:


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Fenton bowl

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