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<p>[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 219081, member: 70"]Drat, I cleaned my cache, should have logged in and didn't and wrote basically the following which disappeared when I logged in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perusing an old glass formula book I found a batch labeled "Casing Opal." the ingredients listed were Sand, 50 lbs, Soda, 14, Lead, 35 1/2, Niter, 3, Arsenic, 3, Bone, 3. </p><p>The comment "Shows fire over Light." I expect the "fire" is what we are discussing above. Bone, or Bone Ash is the ingredient added to make clear glass strike opalescent when struck, cooled and reheated. This formula includes the comment "Not very dense."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 219081, member: 70"]Drat, I cleaned my cache, should have logged in and didn't and wrote basically the following which disappeared when I logged in. Perusing an old glass formula book I found a batch labeled "Casing Opal." the ingredients listed were Sand, 50 lbs, Soda, 14, Lead, 35 1/2, Niter, 3, Arsenic, 3, Bone, 3. The comment "Shows fire over Light." I expect the "fire" is what we are discussing above. Bone, or Bone Ash is the ingredient added to make clear glass strike opalescent when struck, cooled and reheated. This formula includes the comment "Not very dense."[/QUOTE]
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