Glass makers in Bristol have re-created a colour after experimenting with different ingredients.
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The manufacturer said Bristol has a long history of producing green glass which led to wine bottles being green.Founder James Adlington said: "I'm quite chuffed actually, really pleased with the depth of the green colour." "The reason your wine bottles are green is because Bristol made wine bottles, the sand comes out of Redcliffe caves, that red is iron oxide and that makes a dirty green glass.Mr Adlington explained that adding cobalt produces the specific Bristol green colour which has a tint of blue."I was chucking copper in it but the moment I added cobalt it was like 'wow'," he added.
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