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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A pale yellow glass tinted with mixtures of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sulfur sulfur] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=iron%20oxide%20red red iron oxide]. Amber glass was often used for medicine bottles and to store light sensitive chemicals.
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A pale yellow glass tinted with mixtures of [[sulfur|sulfur]] and [[iron%20oxide%20red|red iron oxide]]. Amber glass was often used for medicine bottles and to store light sensitive chemicals.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

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Description

A pale yellow glass tinted with mixtures of Sulfur and red iron oxide. Amber glass was often used for medicine bottles and to store light sensitive chemicals.

Synonyms and Related Terms

amberina; vidrio ámbar (Esp.); vidro âmbar (Port.)

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Authority

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p.365

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