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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of that uranium glassware that used to be all the rage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass

Not the same thing, but on a related note, there's this distinctive orange-red Fiestaware dinnerware from up to around WW2 that used uranium oxide in its glaze and is radioactive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_%28dinnerware%29

https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/ceramics/fiestaware.html