Crystal Glass

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A long time ago, I especially liked glass art. I like it’s bright, also like its various shapes. A chance, let me touch the crystal glass, and I fell in love with the crystal vessel and its works of art.

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Crystal glass, in fact, it is named synthetic crystal. Crystal glass (not natural crystal) is lead glass. The addition of 24% lead oxide in silica, but did not form a crystal structure. Its workability is better, you can carve, polishing, so a lot of synthetic crystal shape is very beautiful. Said that it is a crystal somewhat reluctantly, but borrowed its name, known as Crystal.

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Crystal glassware originated in Europe, the main origin of Western Europe, Germany, France, Italy and Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Hungary, etc., their products have different characteristics. Crystal glass is composed of silicon (Silica) and lead oxide (unleaded crystal with other materials such as potassium oxide barium, etc.) with boiling solution, each factory has its own secret recipe, make special shining crystal, clarity is grinding technology and quality.

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Crystal glass products, its work is very fine, it is brilliant crystal light, streamlined design, crystal texture and sound for your visual, hearing, taste, touch senses bring incomparable joy. You can buy as a display, but also as some daily necessities, become a good helper in life. Such as preparing a set of colorful champagne cups, painted, transparent, and monochrome, with a cup of fruit juice in the summer, it is certainly from the heart reveals a cool outside. You can also prepare a few minds rhyme transparent seasoning bottles, tall and short, fat thin, even if not for decoration is also very charming dress. As well as incense filled with perfume bottles, full of romantic candlestick glass, reflecting the tenderness of the Japanese-style wine pot ... ... will let you infuse the romantic cool in the summer.

Distinguish between crystals and glass in the following ways:         

1) Weight, the same size of the crystal and the glass on the hands, feel crystal cup weight.

2) listen to the sound, a good crystal cup with your fingers bounce sound crisp and sweet, high audio, glass sound up some boring sound.

3) More transparent crystal cup, and some can be done very thin. If the surface is carved, the crystal surface can be very sharp, like a crystal, while the glass can only be blunt.