Polished Corvettite - SOLD 0.668" Piece rockinaboxredplanet measuring 2

measuring 2

Acquisition: The beads come from a private collection acquired through the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the late 1970s

573" mission-flown nose landing gear tire fragment from the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102)

Above: Extra Large

Polished Corvettite - SOLD 0.668" Piece rockinaboxredplanet measuring 2During 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