Structurally, glass is an amorphous solid, meaning it has neither a shape nor a crystal lattice of its own.
The structure of these types of solids is similar to that of highly viscous liquids in which the particles slide past each other. Amorphous solids do not have defined faces:
The Murano glass is then cut and shaped.
They do not have a precise melting temperature and during the heating phase they soften, passing from an initial state of rigidity to an almost liquid one.
In common parlance, the term Murano glass refers only to glass made predominantly of silicon oxide used in the manufacturing of decorative elements such as Murano glass chandeliers.
Glass is mainly used for its transparency and for the possibility of colouring it thanks to the addition of certain oxides: the art, craft and technique used to work this material is called “glassmaking”.