I vividly remember the first time I saw uranium glass. In daylight, the antique bowl looked ordinary—pale green, transparent glass with a decorative rim—but under a UV light, it transformed ...

More experienced collectors might recognize the particular tint of uranium glass by sight without a UV light to confirm. “Make sure the item is actually glass,” Granger says. “If the item is ...

Take “Vaseline glass.” For centuries, glassmakers would use small amounts of uranium to create dish ware named for its yellow or green tint that, when put under a UV light, caused the glass to ...

This stunning piece stands at about a foot tall and has a strong glow under UV light. If you never held this scallop shell ...

At the time, the only known use of uranium is in glassmaking: to make a pale, yellow glass which sparkles in sunlight. But, again, watch what happens under UV light. The uranium glass fluoresces ...

Some ceramics and glass from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were made with uranium mixed in. They can be found in antiques stores across the country. Nestled in a north Queensland shop ...

But put these household objects under a UV light and they all fluoresce a shocking neon chartreuse. Fortunately for the avid collectors who actively trade in uranium glass, most of these objects ...

Ken and Julia Yonetani, 'What the Birds Knew' (2012), uranium glass beads, aluminium wire, and UV lights.Credit:Courtesy of the artists, Artereal Gallery, Sydney and GV Art, London. 'What the ...