Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. glass (material)
8. [glass by composition or origin]
9. lead glass

Narrower term/s

• paste (glass)[+]
  • rhinestone

Anotations

Scope note:

A brilliant lustrous glass made from a composition of lead oxide, sand, and alkali. It is often used in lenses and prisms because of its high index of refraction. This term is sometimes used to refer more generally to "crystal (lead glass)."