Sun Colored Amethyst questions

[woody]

I have found bottles that are that dark amethyst, so, not all bottles turn just a light shade of amethyst.
I suppose, they say, that it depends on the amount of maganese in the gather of glass.
I have also found amethyst glass that is so dark purple it looks like black glass.

 

[Staunton Dan]

Some bottles that I dig have already turned a light amytheist. They certainly weren't exposed to the sunlight while being in the ground. I guess it's possible that they sat out in the light before they were thrown away. If not, does this suggest that some just turned naturally or may have been a light amytheist to begin with?

 

[glass man]

What is MASS. ocean front property going for these days? I can get a loan from FANNY MAC.[&:] I usually put a few bottles out to turn ,but forgot to this year. GOOD QUESTIONS AND GOOD ANSWERS. I have never seen any of my bottles turn in the window sill. OH WELL!

 

[NorCalBottleHunter]

questionable, but not impossible? that was the story i got from the guy who i got them from, it could be wrong, i could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time. i'm here to learn as well as everything else and don't mind correction if its done properly

nick

 

[Wilkie]

I got some of the same sarcasm to one of my very 1st posts Nick. Don't let it bother you, some of the old timers are just naturaly ornery.

 

[NorCalBottleHunter]

you're right, wilkie, i overreacted a bit. and lobeycat i apologize for being so gruff with ya, its a long story

 

[glass man]

I LOVE LONG STORIES AND HAVE PUT SOME ON HERE.

 

[beendiggin]

NorCal, I live in Maine and I have dug fragments of bottles that were that purple. Maine is not the sunniest state, so it true that the percentage of magnesium in the batch combined with sunlight and time can produce dark purple glass naturally. I have seen this mostly on milks I've found. Usually they are lightly colored, however.

 

[FlouiseA27]

In this situation, I wouldn't care how those bottles got that color... they are gorgeous regardless! Good find!

 

[lexdigger]

Here's one I always wondered about. I dug it with alot of other 60's and 70's stuff. It came out of the ground this color, so I know it hasn't been messed with. I just wonder if it turned this color from exposure to sunlight during use, or if it was intentionally (or accidentally) made this color. One of my favorite little house inks!