Vitreous

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Fragment with vitreous glaze
MFA# 03.864

Description

A descriptive term for a material that have glassy characteristics. Vitreous materials may be transparent, hard, brittle, amorphous, glossy and isotropic. Many metallic oxides (Silicon, Boron, Germanium, Arsenic, Phosphorus, etc.) have the ability to form a glassy substance.