Yag-Er
notes: label: Description
content: A paper tag associated with this synthetic garnet reads “S738 / YAG-Er Yttrium Aluminum Garnet / Er-doped / Herb Moeller, Union Carbide Corp.”
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: 1988.0329.80
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.80
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Garnet (YAG-Er)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm; 7/8 in x 13/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 5/8 in x 5/16 in; 1.905 cm x 1.5875 cm x .79375 cm