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A Beginner’s Guide to Making Glass: From Sand to Shimmer

2. The Raw Materials: Sand, Soda Ash, and Limestone Before you can make glass, you need to gather the raw materials that will be melted together to form it. The main ingredients in glass are sand, soda ash, and limestone. Sand is the most abundant and widely available material used in glassmaking. It is made up of silicon dioxide (SiO2)…