All About Glass
All About Glass
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Why did such an important discovery occur so late in the … history of glass, and why was an accident necessary to bring it about? – Donald Stookey, 1977 Crystals are usually a glassmaker’s enemy. When they form in glass, crystals can change the properties of the material in unwanted ways.