 Glass lenses have become less common owing to the danger of shattering and their relatively high weight compared to CR-39 plastic lenses.They still remain in use for specialised circumstances, for example in extremely high prescriptions (currently, glass lenses can be manufactured up to a refractive index of 1.9) and in certain occupations where the hard surface of glass offers more protection from sparks or shards of material.If the highest Abbe value is desired, the only choices for common lens optical material are optical crown glass and CR-39.