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Uranium glass (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 hours ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I found a little uranium glass icecream dish at a used hardware store. Best $1 spend ever.

[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Does it come with a metallic taste in your mouth for free?

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

They are surprisingly safe to eat from. As long as you are not ingesting pieces of the glass itself, you are perfectly fine.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I just have some seashells in it. It's too small to really be worth eating out of. Was probably part of a bigger set