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Which one is StarFire? (1 Viewer)

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Glass seems thin enough that it doesn't matter. If you take a photo of the edges of the two it might help to determine. Regular will tend to be green while low iron is typically clearer.
 
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i have 53 yo diabetic eyes so there's that lol... I was trying to tell from the bevel but no such luck.
I couldn’t tell either until I got really looking at it. The guy’s shirt is a lighter color with the Starfire panel. The Grey is lighter. The white letters are a little whiter too.

This is probably a really poor example of color. I have some other paint card colors that I’ll try later today and post up.
 

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so I guess its important if you are looking at the bevel... irrelevant if you are looking straight through as they all look very much the same. Without the bevel, cant tell the difference. I would argue that the non starphire is a great quality because the normal glass has the strong green thing going on and is easily discernable from starphire.
 

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You won’t be able to see much difference with just regular light. It’s when you have other patters of light when you can see the differences in shadows and highlights of colors.

Most people don’t care, but I certainly prefer looking at corals and fish through Starfire than an Aqueon glass! 😂
 
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