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by imp0cat 274 days ago
You can relatively easily check this before buying, just look for the tint (usually best seen on the edges of the glass). Blueish = borosilicate, greenish = soda lime.
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Don’t forget glowing green for uranium.

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

afaik that's a myth; the tint depends on other impurities in the glass.