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 ...

Uranium glass (also known as "Vaseline" glass due to its petroleum jelly color) contains uranium oxide. If you place it under a black light, it glows. That glow means it's radioactive.

Rather, Granger is a collector of rare, vintage uranium glass jewelry, which, even in the daylight, has a subtle glow. But the real party trick happens under a black light, when the rings ...

And it glowed bright green under black light. Uranium glass is just part of what you can see and learn about as part of the newest exhibit, “A Glimpse Through Glass,” hosted by Historic ...

There are various uranium glass types that will fluoresce, or glow under black or ultraviolet (UV) light. There is an old saying in the antiques world: “It must glow green to be Vaseline.” ...

Under a UV light the subtleness makes way ... "Generally if it is uranium glass, we will have a note on the tag." Before black lights were easy to buy, distinguishing the difference between ...