Purple Manganese Glass
Upon exposure to sunlight this glass will turn a light pink or lavender to moderately dark amethyst or even a deep purple depending on the amount of manganese in the glass mix and amount of ultraviolet uv light.
Purple manganese glass. Manganese is one of the oldest glass additives and purple manganese glass was used since early egyptian history. This is called sun purpled or sun. Manganese dioxide which is black is used to remove the green color from the glass. I believe this is a floor protector you would put under the leg on furniture.
It is also possible that your glass piece might once have been clear but turned purple when exposed to the sun. Vintage eapg sun purple glass dish early american pattern glass 1920 s manganese sun purple glass dish footed bowl laststrawarts. Some of the better dating reliability is for bottles with manganese dioxide decolorized glass. It is not found as a free element in nature not verified in body.
Vintage purple sun turned manganese glass crystal glider. It is often found in minerals in combination with iron manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy uses particularly in stainless steels. In a very slow process this is converted to sodium permanganate a dark purple compound. Around 1915 the use of manganese was discontinued and selenium became the chemical of choice as a clarifying stabilizing agent.
5 out of 5 stars 214 214 reviews 24 99 free shipping favorite add to new listing wonderful art deco czech powder blue glass large exotic lady vase with manganese. Purple glass is made from the metal oxide manganese which is added to the batch ingredients. Because the dealers who are turning glass purple are defiant we only have one choice and that is. Glass containing enough manganese may naturally turn some shade of very light to medium purple after several years of exposure to the rays of the sun.
This was frequently termed sca sun colored amethyst or desert glass by bottle collectors especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol mn and atomic number 25. During the mid and later 1800s virtually all american glass companies were using manganese in their glass formula. Many glass manufacturers such as the imperial glass company produced purple glass.
It measures just over 2 5 diameter and 1 tall.