Stunning green Uranium glass bead chandelier style drop earrings.
These gorgeous earrings are made using excellent quality green Uranium Czech dagger beads with central, teal, picasso finish flower beads in vintage silver tone jewellery components.
Finished with silver plated ear hooks.
The beads glow super bright under UV light due to the presence of Uranium.
Details -
Drop - 5cm (excluding ear wire) Width - 3.2cm Metal - Silver plated alloy
This piece of jewellery has been handmade using vintage components and vintage beads / crystals.
About Uranium Glass -
Uranium glass / crystals glow a vibrant, bright green under a blacklight / UV light. Uranium, usually in Oxide Diuranate form was added to a glass mix before melting to result in a beautiful green colour. Naturally Uranium glass in direct sunlight will give of a fluorescent green colour and due to it's glowing properties under UV light Uranium glass has become highly collectible today. Uranium can be found in green glass, yellow glass and even white and blue glass although the majority is green.
