Marbles That Glow Under Black Light

Scorpions glow in black light the emperor scorpion has a dark color on human naked eyes but when it is under the black light it become blue green colored.

Marbles that glow under black light.

Next time you score a big batch of new marbles try to guess which ones will fluoresce and put them in a pile next to the rest. Many vintage marbles were manufactured with uranium infused glass. The glow light keeps the teeth from the disgusting yellowish color. Why do some vintage marbles shine brilliantly and some simply react to the presence of the black light like any other glass.

When illuminated by ultraviolet light the glass shines an intense and stereotypically radioactive green. Then flip on the black light and be surprised. Some people report that american brilliant cut glass also casts a yellow hue. Some vintage marbles will glow under black light because they were made with a small quantity of uranium.

Old burmese glass fluoresces a similar yellow green color. The secret is the composition of the glass. Both green depression glass and vaseline glass will glow under a black light due to the uranium oxide content in the glass. The marbles are perfectly safe to handle though because the uranium has been encased.

Tooth whitener or other enamel product used on our teeth will glow under black light. This entry was posted on sunday march 14th 2010 at 5 37 am and is filed under marbles.