Polished Corvettite - OSLD 0.955" Piece music On January 1

On January 1

Please Note: These cake fragments have NOT been stabilized in any way

or strewn field

242" Dendraster gibbsii from the San Joaquin Valley deposit

Above: Polished specimen photo taken at an oblique angle to highlight the depth of color and textures

Polished Corvettite - OSLD 0.955" Piece music On January 1During the post war Golden Age of Automobiles, factory workers from several different manufacturers discovered something curious. During the painting process, layers upon layers of automobile paint would accumulate into a layered and beautiful material. When heated and polished, this man made "motor agate" reveals the colors of the cars that once passed through these factories. This specimen is a piece of Motor Agate called Corvettite, as it was