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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of [[uranium%20yellow|uranium oxide]] (bright yellow), [[cadmium%20sulfide|cadmium sulfide]] (lime yellow), metallic [[silver|silver]] (golden), [[selenium|selenium]] (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of [[antimony|antimony]] and [[lead|lead]]. | Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of [[uranium%20yellow|uranium oxide]] (bright yellow), [[cadmium%20sulfide|cadmium sulfide]] (lime yellow), metallic [[silver|silver]] (golden), [[selenium|selenium]] (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of [[antimony|antimony]] and [[lead|lead]]. | ||
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
amber glass; canary glass; vidro amarelo (Port.) | amber glass; canary glass; vidro amarelo (Port.) | ||
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* Jack Odgen, ''Jewellery of the Ancient World'', Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York City, 1982 | * Jack Odgen, ''Jewellery of the Ancient World'', Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York City, 1982 | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 18 October 2020
Description
Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of uranium oxide (bright yellow), Cadmium sulfide (lime yellow), metallic Silver (golden), Selenium (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of Antimony and Lead.
Synonyms and Related Terms
amber glass; canary glass; vidro amarelo (Port.)
Resources and Citations
- Jack Odgen, Jewellery of the Ancient World, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York City, 1982
- The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Glass"