A second mechanism is Solarization. Solarization is perhaps the most widely known effect of optical radiation on glass. Solarization was reported as early as 1930. (Stockbarger 455.) Solarization is the coloration that occurs in optical glasses, when ultraviolet radiation causes ionic contaminants in the glass to reach a more positive state.(Gliemeroth 67.) Common contaminants are cerium, iron, manganese, europium, arsenic, and antimony. The stability of the ions in this more positive state is difficult to predict.