Uranated
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{Usually glass} having been infused with an [anion] oxide of the heavy metal uranium. This glass glows a ghostly green when exposed to shortwave visible and longwave ultraviolet radiation.
Often called uranium glass or more frequently, Vaseline glass due to its resemblence to Vaseline petroleum jelly.
Note spelling: [urAnated], not [urEnated], urInated, urOnated, urUnated, or sometimes urYnated.
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