Altered purple insulator in a line up of real purple insulators

By Lee Brewer; posted February 3, 2008

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Can you spot the fake? The insulator (CREB133), sitting 3rd from the right, is an irradiated example. Remember the color purple is made by mixing blue and red together. Notice the gamma-irradiated "fake" has a "grape lollipop" color b/c the alteration makes for a blue-purple shade. Naturally colored purple glass is typically a red-purple shade..

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