Yag
notes: label: Description
content: A paper tag associated with this synthetic garnet reads “S327 / LaNaMo-YAG Laser Rod / Owens Illinois Corp. / OI-GS-69.”
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Walter Tomaszewski, “The New ‘Diamond’: YAG Is Latest In Keeping Up With The Joneses,” New York Times (Jan. 3, 1971), p. F3.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0329.76
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.76
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Garnet (YAG)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 1 cm; 3 1/4 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x .9525 cm