Object Details
- Bell Laboratories
- Description
- A paper tag associated with this synthetic garnet reads “S385 / Y3Ga5O12-Nn+Ti Y-Ga-Garnet / Brian Mason - USNM (originally Kurt / Nassau, Bell Labs.” Kurt Nassau (1927-2010) was born in Austria, fled the Nazis, moved to the United States, earned a PhD in physical chemistry, and worked as a research scientist at Bell Labs in Nassau, New York.
- YAG is the acronym for yttrium aluminum garnet, a crystal developed by Bell Laboratories for use in lasers but also suitable as a substitute for gems. The first YAG diamonds were introduced by Litton Industries’ Airtron Division in late 1969.
- Walter Tomaszewski, “The New ‘Diamond’: YAG Is Latest In Keeping Up With The Joneses,” New York Times (Jan. 3, 1971), p. F3.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Department of Mineral Sciences, Nationl Museum of Natural History
- 1960s
- ID Number
- 1988.0329.75
- catalog number
- 1988.0329.75
- accession number
- 1988.0329
- Object Name
- Mineral Sample
- Synthetic Garnet
- Measurements
- overall: 7.7 cm x 2.5 cm x 3.9 cm; 3 1/16 in x in x 1 9/16 in
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Nassau
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_332401
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-353c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
