Marbles That Glow Under Black Light

The glow light keeps the teeth from the disgusting yellowish color.

Marbles that glow under black light. This entry was posted on sunday march 14th 2010 at 5 37 am and is filed under marbles. Both green depression glass and vaseline glass will glow under a black light due to the uranium oxide content in the glass. Many vintage marbles were manufactured with uranium infused glass. Scorpions glow in black light the emperor scorpion has a dark color on human naked eyes but when it is under the black light it become blue green colored.

Old burmese glass fluoresces a similar yellow green color. Some vintage marbles will glow under black light because they were made with a small quantity of uranium. When illuminated by ultraviolet light the glass shines an intense and stereotypically radioactive green. Tooth whitener or other enamel product used on our teeth will glow under black light.

Some people report that american brilliant cut glass also casts a yellow hue. American colorless pressed glass made before 1930 is said to fluoresce yellow while reproductions generally do not. Then flip on the black light and be surprised. The marbles are perfectly safe to handle though because the uranium has been encased.

The secret is the composition of the glass. Why do some vintage marbles shine brilliantly and some simply react to the presence of the black light like any other glass.