The phrase "a type of glass" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific category or kind of glass material, such as in discussions about types of glass used in construction, art, or drinkware.
Example: "The artist prefers to work with a type of glass known for its clarity and durability."
Alternatives: "a kind of glass" or "a category of glass".
At the same time the lava cools rapidly, forming into a type of glass.
Pyrex, (trademark), a type of glass and glassware that is resistant to heat, chemicals, and electricity.
And like other silicates, cement is essentially a type of glass.
Mr. Spinner said many companies offered more workable solutions by using silicon coated with a type of glass.
Later in Egyptian civilization, a type of glass characterized by feathery or zigzag patterns of coloured threads on the surface of the glass vessel was made.
The existing glazed brick facades on the north and south sides will be retained, but covered with a type of glass that resists the warming part of the sun's rays but admits a lot of light.
Very few American consumers or businesses refuse to patronize a Japanese bank with more competitive interest rates simply because a type of Glass-Steagall law exists in Japan.
You can use a bread pan, a loaf pan, or any type of glass or metal pan that is oven safe.
Sugar has the property of forming a type of noncrystalline "glass" that forms the basis of hard candy products.
Millefiori glass, for which the canes are cut in such a way as to produce designs reminiscent of flower shapes, is a type of mosaic glass.
Once the sensors, made of a type of semiconducting glass, were in position, the polymer cylinder was heated and then stretched so that the diameter shrank the diameter of hundreds of micrometers a process that is identical to the way in which commercial fiber is made for telecommunication applications retaining the orientation of the sensors.
