Polished Corvettite - SOLD 0.879" Piece mm1 Specialty Press

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Please Note: This specimen first appeared in the Third Edition of the Mini Museum (MM3)

552" piece of fossilized Raptor Bone from the Hell Creek Formation

Once known by the Egyptian word tjehenet or "that which shines"

If we look first to the sea

Polished Corvettite - SOLD 0.879" Piece mm1 Specialty PressDuring 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