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== Description == | == Description == | ||
A bright red glass. Ruby glass is made by one or more of the following to the molten mixture: colloidal gold, gold chloride, tin oxide, copper oxide, copper chloride, cadmium salts, selenium salts. Paler red glass has been called cranberry glass. | A bright red glass. Ruby glass is made by one or more of the following to the molten mixture: colloidal gold, gold chloride, tin oxide, copper oxide, copper chloride, cadmium salts, selenium salts. Paler red glass has been called cranberry glass. | ||
See [ | See [[gold%20ruby%20glass|gold ruby glass]] and [[copper%20ruby%20glass|copper ruby glass]]. | ||
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:55, 28 June 2022
Description
A bright red glass. Ruby glass is made by one or more of the following to the molten mixture: colloidal gold, gold chloride, tin oxide, copper oxide, copper chloride, cadmium salts, selenium salts. Paler red glass has been called cranberry glass.
See gold ruby glass and copper ruby glass.
Synonyms and Related Terms
gold ruby glass; copper ruby glass; cranberry glass; vidro rubi (Port.)