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You can relatively easily check this before buying, just look for the tint (usually best seen on the edges of the glass). Blueish = borosilicate, greenish = sod

You can relatively easily check this before buying, just look for the tint (usually best seen on the edges of the glass). Blueish = borosilicate, greenish = soda lime.

bombcar 1y ago
Don’t forget glowing green for uranium. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
zem 1y ago
afaik that's a myth; the tint depends on other impurities in the glass.