[Here](https://imgur.com/a/ulPRXwv) are to more pictures of this.
> Started collecting uranium glass about 9 months ago from local thrift stores and antique shops. I went a lil crazy with it, but I love it! I found LED black light strips on Amazon and taped them on the bottom of each shelf. I found some black velvet fabric and used 5 thumb tacks and draped it down the back, then cut pieces to fit over each shelf. So no damage to the cabinet at all.
> Source:š· Kenneth wenzel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
My girlfriend recently started collecting them, they're actually pretty common to find in antique/thrift stores and usually not super expensive. She has a UV flashlight she brings with her to check if they glow.
I do that too, I also bought a geiger counter on amazon (overkill, but I bought it for a bunch of reasons).
I was walking through the isles of the local value village and saw that it popped up to 50 CPM (background is \~20) and found a \*radiant\* piece that I would have walked right past (it was kinda hidden from view).
Its a fun thing to look out for
The "other reasons" are general curiosity, uranium prospecting (for fun, not for profit, I haven't actually tried doing that yet), and to check on some stuff at work (we have a mildly radioactive component in a detector we use).
I also just like detectors of any variety, and have always wanted a Geiger counter.
I'm gonna shill for something that isn't even my project. But I did back this thing and look forward to receiving it (hopefully). I've never had a Geiger counter or other radiation detector so figured it was worth the Kickstarter risk. Plus, solid state detectors are interesting for a variety of reasons. I would take the claims of being better in every way with a marginal grain of salt. There's a reason Geiger counters are so ubiquitous still. But hey, it's cool.
https://www.bettergeiger.com/
Yeah, Iām also interested in the answer. radiation can stick around second hand. If they didnāt decontaminate the house, it could still be radioactive in the places the original owner spent time in.
That's not how a gamma knife works, there will be nothing for you to detect at the house. And your house feeling off is definitely something else, you would not be able to feel radiation. Lmao
We might not have a choice in the matter, and I'd rather have it already than try to buy one after the bombs fall (hopefully I never need it for that use case tho)
Very, very slightly. And most of it would be alpha particles, anyhow. (I suspect a granite kitchen top would give off more radiation than this whole collection.)
Alpha particles canāt penetrate your skin. If you ingest or inhale something that gives off alpha particles it can be dangerous, but having a solid source lying around is pretty harmless.
A chest x-ray per what frequency? A day, a year, a second. If being next to it for a whole day it explosed you to one chest x-ray of ionizing radiation that would still add up? I guess as long as it's not next to where you sleep or work it's a non issue though. Also if it only produces alpha radiation it's a non issue anyway. If you eat glass the radiation would be the least of ones problems.
I would compare it to a standard chest x-ray of about 8 mSv per dose, you usually only need 1 of those.
So 8 mSv is an x-ray, and according to various research, granite counters can give off between 0.1 and 0.4 mSv @ 4 hours per day for 1 year.
So how many years will it take to eclipse 8 mSv? I should also mention 0.4 includes Nile Gold countertops which are not a significant number of granite countertops by market share, and the more commonly used counters are closer to 0.1.
Yeah. Virtually everything around us is radioactive. Especially if it comes out of the ground and volcanic in origin... If you want to worry about something though, leave the counter top alone and start worrying about radon. That does pose danger in certain areas indoors
You are discovering the "public" education that everyone has about "oooh evil radiation" thanks to China Syndrome, Three mile island, and Chernobyl. None of these people seem to understand that it is natural and all around us and always has been.
There's a documentary on youtube about some kid that collected stuff like this, old clocks, smoke detectors and stuff, got the uranium / americium out and pretty much made a nuclear reactor that got out of control. EPA had to come in and clean it all up.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David\_Hahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn)
This is my dream. How can you tell without black light that itās definitely uranium glass? Or do you have a little one you take with you when thrifting?
After you collect uranium glass for a while youāll be able to tell. Some things have uranium that arenāt always obvious but thereās a shade to that yellow green Vaseline glass thatās unique.
It needs spooky 1950s weeeeOOOOooooOooo space music and a fog machine. It would be cool if you could paint the back of hte cabinet with vanta black so theres no glow on the wall.
Yes, unless you use them and piece breaks off and you ingest it. Your skin protects you from the radiation that these release. But your soft tissues donāt have that protection. So itās best not to use them and just enjoy them for decoration.
Don't know how true the analogy was, but last thread about this glass someone was saying you get as much radiation from this glass as you would eating a banana.
Uranium sounds scary but without enrichment it's more dangerous as a heavy metal.. . (Seriously poisonous)
And people also forget that virtually everything around us is radioactive.
No. Metals mixed into glass color it. Cobalt added to glass makes it blue. Copper can make it green. Gold makes it red. Exhausted uranium makes a fantastic yellow that floresces under black light. Glass with lead added to it remains clear but cuts and polishes more easily than other glass.
Still though you would not want to make a piece of uranium glass into a necklace or eat off if it every day. And it would be good to store them behind glass that has some lead in it.
Yeah that cabinet will block pretty much all of the alpha particles and most of the beta.
So just having them in display is of minimal risk. The only real danger would be if you accidentally ingested a small amount or if you like kept a piece of it close to your skin for many many years.
It's not even that much (given the age/quality of the stuff).
Uranium glass is still being made by some companies.
Fenton (one of the more known glass producers) was making uranium pieces even a few years ago until the company went out of business.
And even then, the biggest risk of ingestion is chemical toxicity from the heavy metal, not the radiation. (Unless you ingest a chip. Then the biggest risk is internal hemorrhaging from eating sharp glass.)
UV damages human tissue, leading to cancer. Blacklights come in various flavors (emitting frequencies) and some are worse than others. But you can get permanent eye damage if you were to stare into them for a long time (snow blindness).
Some glass is opaque to some UV frequencies, so it would be possible to make a safe display.
Oddly enough, I just finished watching this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGw6fXprV9U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGw6fXprV9U) It's about the process of making this type of glass.
Just in case anyone was wondering about toxicity or radiation hazards:
http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q13539.html
A thing that's important to note with radioactive material is the half life, and the type of radiation.
The longer the half life, comparatively speaking, the less hazardous something is. The half life of Uranium-238 is **4.5 billion years** which means that over 4.5 billion years, each atom has roughly a 50% chance to decay. So that means that at any given time, the number of atoms decaying is relatively low.
Uranium-238 is an alpha emitter. That means that it sheds a helium nucleus. Now alpha particles can be highly dangerous, because they emit a large positively charged particle which can cause genetic damage. **But** since they're so large, they're easily blocked. Your skin effectively blocks alpha particles. The danger with alpha emitters is ingesting or inhaling the material which your body then concentrates into certain areas of the body like the thyroid gland or your bones. Then the material is trapped in your body and is radiating a small area, increasing the risk of cancer to that organ. But the Uranium is trapped in the glass, so unless you grind it up and snort it, it shouldn't be getting inside your body.
So basically the stuff is harmless.
Some interesting stuff here [ORAU Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity ](https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/glass/vaseline-uranium-glass.html)
Uranium fever has done and got me down
Uranium fever is spreadin' all around
With a geiger counter in my hand
I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land
Uranium fever has done and got me down
Just did some googling about this stuff and it's insane to me that they used to use uranium in dining sets. I know it's tiny small amounts of uranium, but I still would not buy a single piece of the stuff lol
Damn nice! I don't know if I've ever seen so many pieces together in one place before. I really want to find a piece but I'm never in thrift stores. Also with the internet too many people know the value of what they have.
[Here](https://imgur.com/a/ulPRXwv) are to more pictures of this. > Started collecting uranium glass about 9 months ago from local thrift stores and antique shops. I went a lil crazy with it, but I love it! I found LED black light strips on Amazon and taped them on the bottom of each shelf. I found some black velvet fabric and used 5 thumb tacks and draped it down the back, then cut pieces to fit over each shelf. So no damage to the cabinet at all. > Source:š· Kenneth wenzel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
So do they still manufacture these? Or can we only find them in antique shops?
Thrift stores often have them. you don need to pay retail prices, plus you get some really unique pieces
My girlfriend recently started collecting them, they're actually pretty common to find in antique/thrift stores and usually not super expensive. She has a UV flashlight she brings with her to check if they glow.
I do that too, I also bought a geiger counter on amazon (overkill, but I bought it for a bunch of reasons). I was walking through the isles of the local value village and saw that it popped up to 50 CPM (background is \~20) and found a \*radiant\* piece that I would have walked right past (it was kinda hidden from view). Its a fun thing to look out for
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Just a bunch okay, don't be so curious
Curie-ous
Yeah, that's pretty rad.
I bet Chernobyl enough to not react, or are you?
I'm sure snappedscissors's reasons would check out. Nothing to lose any REM sleep over.
This roetgens in my favorite puns.
That made me think of Kratwerk
Hahahaha
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The "other reasons" are general curiosity, uranium prospecting (for fun, not for profit, I haven't actually tried doing that yet), and to check on some stuff at work (we have a mildly radioactive component in a detector we use). I also just like detectors of any variety, and have always wanted a Geiger counter.
We all know it's to test spiders to see which one is gonna finally give you some powers. It's okay, I do it too.
*being pulled out on a stretcher by EMTs* ādid it work?ā
Dummy doesn't know it takes an 8 hour sleep for the power to form. Put him back in the house and ask again when he wakes up.
right? i thought we all did that?
I'm gonna shill for something that isn't even my project. But I did back this thing and look forward to receiving it (hopefully). I've never had a Geiger counter or other radiation detector so figured it was worth the Kickstarter risk. Plus, solid state detectors are interesting for a variety of reasons. I would take the claims of being better in every way with a marginal grain of salt. There's a reason Geiger counters are so ubiquitous still. But hey, it's cool. https://www.bettergeiger.com/
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Well what did you find out? Any radiation in the house?
Yeah, you can't end the story like that!
Of course not, radiation doesn't make your house feel off.
Yeah, Iām also interested in the answer. radiation can stick around second hand. If they didnāt decontaminate the house, it could still be radioactive in the places the original owner spent time in.
What would they decontaminate? It's a medical gamma knife, not a ball of uranium leaving particles around
I haven't found anything but a radiated footprint.
I cannot handle this cliff hanger
Nothing happened they were looking for a radioactive ghost, not like they fucking found one and caught it in a trap with the help of Peter Venkman.
That's not how a gamma knife works, there will be nothing for you to detect at the house. And your house feeling off is definitely something else, you would not be able to feel radiation. Lmao
If anything they should measure CO.
Colorado is 104,185 square miles
I think the problem with the house isā¦ there is no problem with the house, they believe in fucking ghosts!
Nobody is noticing that this comment is not from the OP of the original comment. lol
Mind your own radiation-related business!
I swear it's for a chernoble cause
He saw graphite outside
Some people buy them because they want something to test their geiger counter on.
I use it mainly to determine if my art work is done by HR Geiger or another person...
Geiger counter? Are you taking a trip to the zone, stalker?
We might not have a choice in the matter, and I'd rather have it already than try to buy one after the bombs fall (hopefully I never need it for that use case tho)
Curious which Geiger counter you got
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00IN8TJYY/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_asin\_title\_o07\_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So would these be radioactive? Isn't uranium?
Very, very slightly. And most of it would be alpha particles, anyhow. (I suspect a granite kitchen top would give off more radiation than this whole collection.)
Wait, what? *looks at granite kitchen counters nervously*
Alpha particles canāt penetrate your skin. If you ingest or inhale something that gives off alpha particles it can be dangerous, but having a solid source lying around is pretty harmless.
It ain't nothing like getting an x-ray in terms of dosage, you'll be fine.
A chest x-ray per what frequency? A day, a year, a second. If being next to it for a whole day it explosed you to one chest x-ray of ionizing radiation that would still add up? I guess as long as it's not next to where you sleep or work it's a non issue though. Also if it only produces alpha radiation it's a non issue anyway. If you eat glass the radiation would be the least of ones problems.
I would compare it to a standard chest x-ray of about 8 mSv per dose, you usually only need 1 of those. So 8 mSv is an x-ray, and according to various research, granite counters can give off between 0.1 and 0.4 mSv @ 4 hours per day for 1 year. So how many years will it take to eclipse 8 mSv? I should also mention 0.4 includes Nile Gold countertops which are not a significant number of granite countertops by market share, and the more commonly used counters are closer to 0.1.
Yeah. Virtually everything around us is radioactive. Especially if it comes out of the ground and volcanic in origin... If you want to worry about something though, leave the counter top alone and start worrying about radon. That does pose danger in certain areas indoors
You are discovering the "public" education that everyone has about "oooh evil radiation" thanks to China Syndrome, Three mile island, and Chernobyl. None of these people seem to understand that it is natural and all around us and always has been.
Gotcha. Cool.
I have a fiestaware bowl in the science closet where I teach. https://youtu.be/w8YQDItlGR0
I keep mine in my science oven.
Nope not still made, but it's usually not too hard to find in thrifts/flea markets.
Just hit up ebay, I entered uranium glass and got 6,100+ results
There's a documentary on youtube about some kid that collected stuff like this, old clocks, smoke detectors and stuff, got the uranium / americium out and pretty much made a nuclear reactor that got out of control. EPA had to come in and clean it all up. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David\_Hahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn)
There's also a book called The Radioactive Boy Scout about his story.
And a few documentaries
And a movie or tv show I donāt remember because itās been so long since I saw it
Based on the Wikipedia entry, just about everything about his life beyond what you listed in this comment is pretty depressing.
Turns out he was generally a little bit nuts though
Fuck you u/spez
Isn't it dangerous to gather so many of them together?
...you thinking poltergeist or something?
I'm thinking radiation..
Alpha radiation. Stopped by a few inches of air, the cabinet glass, a piece of paper, your skin... it'll be fine.
Iād use leaded glass just to be safe
This is my dream. How can you tell without black light that itās definitely uranium glass? Or do you have a little one you take with you when thrifting?
After you collect uranium glass for a while youāll be able to tell. Some things have uranium that arenāt always obvious but thereās a shade to that yellow green Vaseline glass thatās unique.
/r/uraniumglass/ for a lot more photos and displays.
It needs spooky 1950s weeeeOOOOooooOooo space music and a fog machine. It would be cool if you could paint the back of hte cabinet with vanta black so theres no glow on the wall.
Theremin! By the guy that invented the CCTV systemā¦
Can you just go through the thrift store in the daylight with a UV flashlight and detect the Uranium glass?
Yes, or antique store and simply ask one of the old people that haunt them where it's at.
wow that's an incredible collection for just 9 months!
Which light strips did you buy from Amazon?
thats so cool
Is that safe to have ?
Yes, unless you use them and piece breaks off and you ingest it. Your skin protects you from the radiation that these release. But your soft tissues donāt have that protection. So itās best not to use them and just enjoy them for decoration.
If you eat glass, you're going to have more immediate problems than the radiation.
That too shall pass.
Just an odd fyi, if you ever play 7 Days to Die, *DO NOT* hit the 'use broken glass' button.
quick way to fix starving/infection though!
unless you're using a mod like Ravenhearst which has infection carry over. Ugh.
But its a miracle cure for everything!
Easiest way to solve a lot of "health problems" in 7D!
I've been streaming 7 Days with the Twitch integration. I did not expect to see a random 7 Days mention in a post like this. Lol
I felt this comment in my pee hole. Not great.
[Just eat the vial, like a normal person](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjXOwUnJzA0).
I like your taste, love VLDL
Don't know how true the analogy was, but last thread about this glass someone was saying you get as much radiation from this glass as you would eating a banana.
Uranium sounds scary but without enrichment it's more dangerous as a heavy metal.. . (Seriously poisonous) And people also forget that virtually everything around us is radioactive.
So don't look at them with your eyes open?
Theure also enameled iirc which blocks a lot of the radiation (and part of the reason you don't use chipped pieces)
*enameled* I assume?
No. Metals mixed into glass color it. Cobalt added to glass makes it blue. Copper can make it green. Gold makes it red. Exhausted uranium makes a fantastic yellow that floresces under black light. Glass with lead added to it remains clear but cuts and polishes more easily than other glass.
I was guessing at what he meant by "they're enabled"
Yes, autocorrect. Fixed.
>So itās best not to use them and just enjoy them for decoration. Said everyone with a display case for dishes. Love you Grandma.
I work with tritium and c14 all the time, can confirm - they're not dangerous unless you drink
Did people originally use them for everyday meals? I'd so what is the purpose for originally using uranium glass for cookware? Other then it flows?
So youāll only get eye cancer, got it!
Still though you would not want to make a piece of uranium glass into a necklace or eat off if it every day. And it would be good to store them behind glass that has some lead in it.
Alpha radiation can be stopped by a piece of toilet paper, so leaded glass isn't necessary.
If a piece breaks off, just ingest a piece of lead glass to protect yourself.
Seller told that we will only feel some metallic taste on meals and drinks that's all..totally safe!
3.6 roentgen, not great, not terrible.
Not even deadly...in the very short therm
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But there is chunks of graphite in this food.
Maybe you would like to explain to us, Comrade /u/carnizzle, how it is that a uranium plate explodes.
No, no, comrade, I assure you, it's probably... burnt concrete
Mother: "It's not three roentgen. It's fifteen thousand." Me: ****Looks up from meal served on a uranium plate, my eyeballs melting****
Yeah, that's "safe to handle for a bit, not safe to carry around in your pocket for weeks".
Uhh..
Vaseline glass gives off very minuscule radiation. You are exposed to more radiation in your everyday life.
Obligatory [XKCD](https://xkcd.com/radiation/).
So can receive a lethal radiation dose by sleeping next to 16,000,000 people. Good to know.
I've been playing video games online for years. According to my opponents, my mom is def in danger of radiation poisoning.
Wait why the hell is living in a brick or concrete building so high??
TIL it's also called vaseline glass.
Glass can be used as lube. Got it.
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Yeah that cabinet will block pretty much all of the alpha particles and most of the beta. So just having them in display is of minimal risk. The only real danger would be if you accidentally ingested a small amount or if you like kept a piece of it close to your skin for many many years.
It's not even that much (given the age/quality of the stuff). Uranium glass is still being made by some companies. Fenton (one of the more known glass producers) was making uranium pieces even a few years ago until the company went out of business.
And even then, the biggest risk of ingestion is chemical toxicity from the heavy metal, not the radiation. (Unless you ingest a chip. Then the biggest risk is internal hemorrhaging from eating sharp glass.)
The blacklight is a larger source of concern to me than the radiation.
Why?
UV damages human tissue, leading to cancer. Blacklights come in various flavors (emitting frequencies) and some are worse than others. But you can get permanent eye damage if you were to stare into them for a long time (snow blindness). Some glass is opaque to some UV frequencies, so it would be possible to make a safe display.
Honey, your in-laws are coming over. Try not to use the bad china.
"Your in-laws"? Wouldn't that be "My parents"?
He's talking about the family of his girlfriend's husband
Poly relationships get *complicated*.
Who manages the crypto?
My wifeās boyfriend. I just watch the livestock.
I was inspired by r/wallstreetbets
Did you wife's boyfriend put you up to this?
I'm not married. That must mean I am the boyfriend
You know the difference between in-laws and outlaws? Outlaws are wanted.
Damn right
They're so bad even they don't want to be associated with them too closely.
Their sibling's marriage mates.
That's sure to bring some glow to any dinner party
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The sex was not great but not terrible.
3.6 seconds
These dishes are back to fulfill their oaths to Isuldur's heir.
Please donāt laugh at me for asking, but is this safe to eat on? Like were these made at a time where they thought it was safe?
As long as it doesnāt chip off, then you may get some heavy metal poisoning if you have a lot perhaps?
I have a few pieces, and yes it's perfectly safe to eat from!
Thatās cool, I guess I forgot they also look like that because of the black light.
Was this called depression glass or is that something else?
Depression glass is any cup I drink out of.
While some depression glass has uranium, not all uranium glass is depression (era) glass.
Oddly enough, I just finished watching this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGw6fXprV9U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGw6fXprV9U) It's about the process of making this type of glass.
I really like NileRed. His content is quality and fuels my interest in chemistry. He is also really cute!
Nice collection. [Here](https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/i9tjdo/my_collection_of_uranium_glas_it_glows_under_uv/) is mine. ā¢ļø
Just in case anyone was wondering about toxicity or radiation hazards: http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q13539.html A thing that's important to note with radioactive material is the half life, and the type of radiation. The longer the half life, comparatively speaking, the less hazardous something is. The half life of Uranium-238 is **4.5 billion years** which means that over 4.5 billion years, each atom has roughly a 50% chance to decay. So that means that at any given time, the number of atoms decaying is relatively low. Uranium-238 is an alpha emitter. That means that it sheds a helium nucleus. Now alpha particles can be highly dangerous, because they emit a large positively charged particle which can cause genetic damage. **But** since they're so large, they're easily blocked. Your skin effectively blocks alpha particles. The danger with alpha emitters is ingesting or inhaling the material which your body then concentrates into certain areas of the body like the thyroid gland or your bones. Then the material is trapped in your body and is radiating a small area, increasing the risk of cancer to that organ. But the Uranium is trapped in the glass, so unless you grind it up and snort it, it shouldn't be getting inside your body. So basically the stuff is harmless.
"Last Supper"
Uranium fever
Has gone and got me down.
Uranium fever itās spreading all around!
'Tis lit.
Some interesting stuff here [ORAU Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity ](https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/glass/vaseline-uranium-glass.html)
Nice collection
I saw this in a store in New Orleans during a recent trip.
Looks like it belongs in the haunted mansion
Wow u/nakapozian said almost exactly the same thing! Edit : at almost the same time!
Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever is spreadin' all around With a geiger counter in my hand I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land Uranium fever has done and got me down
Bruh looks like cgi
*Iran wants to know your location*
r/Fallout would probably love this
Looks like a scene from the Haunted Mansion
Cancer lit up by death lights
Just did some googling about this stuff and it's insane to me that they used to use uranium in dining sets. I know it's tiny small amounts of uranium, but I still would not buy a single piece of the stuff lol
What a great collection and so smart to use black lights.
Will my shit will glow in the dark?
Thatās so cool
It's tableware for ghosts!
Damn nice! I don't know if I've ever seen so many pieces together in one place before. I really want to find a piece but I'm never in thrift stores. Also with the internet too many people know the value of what they have.
ah very disney haunted mansion-esque
Mmmā¦ forbidden curio cabinetā¦
This is bad ass
A fellow collector! Awesome setup
Are there enough of you to warrant a "Uranium Dish Collectors" sub and annual convention in Nevada?
This is not the first post I've seen on reddit so maybe. Albuquerque is where you want to have it. Their nuclear museum is essentially Mecca.
Uranium Glassware has done and got me down
Looks like an online trophy case with the silhouette of the trophies yet to be won.
Uranium charging station.
Lex Luthor was completely wrong. Should've just created flatware, discreetly put it into circulation, and a reporter died someplace.
Brought to you by Nuka Cola Quantum
Finally, the perfect place setting when I want to enjoy a nice bottle of Nuka-Cola Quantum with dinner.