Opal glass
Esquema
Jerarquía
<materials by composition> > inorganic material > glass (material) > <glass by property>
Descripción
Bluish white, fiery, opalescent, translucent glass that has been made white by the addition of calcium phosphate (bone ash) and opalescent by the addition of fluorides (fluorspar, cryolite, or lepidolite) and/or arsenic. Red tones appear in transmitted light. Opal glass was used for windows, bowls, light shades, table tops, and cosmetic jars.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 乳白玻璃 [zh]
- opaalglas [nl]
- verre opale [fr]
- vetro opalino [it]
- vidrio de ópalo [es]
- rǔ bái bō lí [zh]
- ru bai bo li [zh]
- ju pai po li [zh]
- glass, opal [en]
- opalescent glass [en]
- opaline (multicolored) [en]
- opaline glass (multicolored) [en]
- vidrio de opal [es]