Is Uranium Glass Safe?

Geiger counter reading next to Burmese glass

A Collector’s Guide to Radiation, History, and Common Sense As a long-time collector of “glow glass,” the first question I am always asked by friends—and often by concerned family members—is: “Is that stuff actually safe to have in your house?” It’s a fair question. We’re talking about glass infused with uranium oxide, after all. But … Read more

Uranium Glass Spheres: Luminous Orbs of Atomic-Age Beauty

Few objects capture the imagination of uranium glass collectors quite like a perfectly formed uranium glass sphere. Smooth, symmetrical, and intensely fluorescent under ultraviolet light, these glowing orbs feel less like decorative glassware and more like relics from a forgotten scientific age. When illuminated, they radiate a vivid green glow that seems almost alive—an effect … Read more

What Makes Uranium Glass Glow?

Get Started Collecting Uranium Glass

If you’ve ever held a piece of Vaseline glass up to the light and watched it scream neon green, or flipped on a blacklight and seen an old custard cup explode into radioactive-looking fire, you’ve probably wondered the same thing I did when I first started collecting: “Why does this stuff glow like that?” The … Read more

How to Ship Uranium Glass So It Arrives in One Piece

How to pack glass for shipping

These are the exact methods collectors and sellers (including us at Uraniumware.com) use to ship hundreds of pieces every month with virtually zero damage claims. Uranium glass is fragile, fluorescent, and often irreplaceable. The only real danger when shipping it is breakage, so the entire focus of this guide is packing it like a pro … Read more

Welcome to Uraniumware

Glowing uranium glass

Uraniumware is a personal blog run by Rick Blythe, dedicated to the collectible world of “uranium glass” — decorative or vintage glassware that contains trace amounts of uranium oxide and glows under ultraviolet light. The site explains the history of uranium glass, how to identify authentic pieces using UV light or a Geiger counter, and … Read more