Glass Chunk in light box

Name/Title

Glass Chunk in light box

Entry/Object ID

73.022.1

Description

.001-wooden box (10.5x8x9), light inside, display a large hunk of glass from Dalzell, Gilmore Co. Also has : Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral (CaSiO3) that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure limestone or dolomite is subjected to high temperature and pressure, which sometimes occurs in the presence of silica-bearing fluids as in skarns[7] or in contact with metamorphic rocks. Associated minerals include garnets, vesuvianite, diopside, tremolite, epidote, plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene and calcite.

Collection

Findlay Glass, Dalzell Gilmore & Leighton Glass Company

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pig

Nomenclature Class

Glass, Plastics & Clayworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Update Date

May 7, 2026