What material is the magnifying glass made of?

Magnifier is generally divided into two parts: lens and lens handle.

1. lens section:

A transparent or translucent object.

Its refractive surface is two spheres, or a sphere and a plane.

The lens part of the traditional magnifying glass is glass, which is more economical, but slightly bulky.

The more valuable minerals can be rare minerals, such as rubies, blackberries, sapphires, agates and pink crystals.

More alternative and creative can be: water.

2. Mirror handle

Used for connecting lenses.

As long as it is solid, as well as glass, mercury and other items, almost all can be used as raw materials for the mirror handle, such as:

Glass, plastic, metal (gold, silver, copper, iron, tin ...), wood, shells, paper, etc.