Yag
notes: label: Description
content: A paper tag associated with these seven synthetic garnets reads “S728 / Y3Al5O12 YAG / R. Monchamp, Raytheon Corp., 1972.”
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: 1988.0329.78
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.78
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Garnets (7)
label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Garnets YAG (7)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm; in x 13/16 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 3/4 in x 3 in x 4 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 11.7475 cm