Fulgurites and Bag of Sand

Object Name: 
Fulgurites and Bag of Sand

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Object Name: 
Fulgurites and Bag of Sand
Accession Number: 
64.7.9
Location: 
On Display
Credit Line: 
Gift of Harvey Franz
Primary Description: 
Mottled gray silica; natural, fused silica sand. Hollow tubes of fused sand, very thin-walled and fragile; random forms and fragments.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology
Provenance: 
Franz, Harvey, Source
1964-02-19
Category: 
Naturally Occurring Glass
Color: 
gray
Technique: 
fusing
Material: 
silica
sand

Exhibitions (1)

Curiosities of Glassmaking
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show

Objects in Set (1)

Fulgurite
Accession Number:64.7.9-10