January 24 Through February 4—TUCSON, ARIZONA: Annual show
Welcome to the GemologyOnline.com Forum
A non-profit Forum for the exchange of gemological ideas
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:31 pm

All times are UTC - 4 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 9 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:49 pm 
Offline
Gemology Online Veteran
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:23 am
Posts: 923
Location: NYC
http://www.demilked.com/fordite-detroit ... one-jewel/

Quote:
These Beautiful Stones Were Accidentally Produced During Car Painting Process
Fordite, also known as Detroit agate, is a beautiful stone and a wonderful relic of urban history. The extraordinary gem looks very much like a natural agate, rippling with layers upon layers of the most vibrant colours there are. The stones were produced by car painting techniques that are no longer practiced – layered spray-painting by hand in automobile factories.

This practice produced layers of enamel paint slag on the tracks and skids on which the painted cars and parts stood. As the painted cars were baked numerous times to dry and harden the paint, the overspray below them would also be baked repeatedly before eventually being removed. Keen-eyed workers who recognized the aesthetic value of the dried paint stones collected and saved them until now, when this car painting practice no longer exists. Their history makes them almost as valuable as real gems.

Now that the car painting process is automated, materials like Fordite might never be produced again. The limited supplies of Detroit agate are now used to create eye-catching pieces of jewellery, swirling with psychedelic patterns and inspiring nostalgia for bygone days.


Image
Image
Image
Image
Image



Alberto Maybe you can get some Ferrarite or Lamborganite 8) :mrgreen:

_________________
Farshid Roshanravan


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:13 pm 
Offline
Gemology Online Übergoddess
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:13 pm
Posts: 5077
Location: Australia
:lol: :lol:

_________________
Keep em comin!!! :)


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:18 pm 
Offline
Gemology Online Royal Princess

Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:56 am
Posts: 6461
Location: The frozen north prairie :-/
What great history! They are pretty :D .

_________________
IIJA Registered Gemologist
GIA Graduate Gemologist


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:11 pm 
Offline
Moderator
User avatar

Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:31 pm
Posts: 4015
Location: North Carolina
One of our friends has quite a bit of Hondaite. It is similar but has sparkles.

_________________
Rough and cut classic and exotic synthetic gems:https://store.turtleshoard.com


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:04 pm 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Fri May 12, 2006 11:24 am
Posts: 7523
Location: Rome, Italy
roshanravan wrote:
Alberto Maybe you can get some Ferrarite or Lamborganite 8) :mrgreen:


yups, why not Maseratite... :lol: :lol: :lol:

_________________
GemmoRaman-532 - GemmoFTIR - GemmoSphere - EXA


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:56 am 
Offline
Gemology Online Veteran
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:23 am
Posts: 923
Location: NYC
Alberto wrote:
roshanravan wrote:
Alberto Maybe you can get some Ferrarite or Lamborganite 8) :mrgreen:


yups, why not Maseratite... :lol: :lol: :lol:

of course,
personally i love Lamborghini Factory, its very very simple comparing to mega companies like Ferrari and their Paint Line is still done with hand not automatic and they make pretty good SS Cars which cost much less than Ferrari/Maserati.
workers come to work with bicycle and its very local car factory =D> =D>

_________________
Farshid Roshanravan


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:43 am 
Offline
Active Member

Joined: Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:57 pm
Posts: 66
So, has anyone got any prized fordite with beer bottle cap inclusions, from beer that is no longer made?

Perhaps, one with a tiny ripped off piece of a Marilyn Monroe poster?

With a certificate of authenticity from a guy named 83 year man named Larry.

And a tape recorded interview with him??????????? Documenting, the windiest day in the windy city of Detroit. Where his Marilyn Monroe poster blew off the wall, got sucked into one his fans by the car, shredded to pieces and stuck to his stool? Then he removed as much of it as he could. He later recalled painting a Cadillac lime green????

I think that would be the top gem quality material, and also be indicator of its natural origin. Not the knockoff fordite.

For real though, it is pretty cool stuff. It was brought to my attention on a glass thread a couple years ago. Awesome stuff.

Was it the best stuff came from the steel stools or something?


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:50 am 
Offline
Active Member

Joined: Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:57 pm
Posts: 66
Oh,,, shoot...

I messed up, Chicago is the windy city.....


Well, that's how you tell the counterfeits. The autheticy interview with Larry will be in a foreign accent, claiming it to be authenctic Detroit fordite. Recollecting the windiest day in the windy city history.

The day that the the Marilyn Monroe poster blew off the wall, went through the fan and stuck to the stool.

Well, someone in a foreign country is probably buying up all the authentic Marilyn Monroe Magazines and posters from the 70's off ebay right now, and figuring out a way to oxidize and carbonize their painting process or something.............

There's gotta be an authentic out there though..........

Under someones garage beer fridge.......


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Detroit agate aka Fordite
PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:00 pm 
Offline
New to the Forum or The Quiet Type

Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:22 pm
Posts: 1
Hello,

I'm a bit late to the game and just found out about this Fordite stuff. I find it fascinating.

Does anyone have any contacts on where to find Fordite rough? I'm finding alot of jewelry but not much interesting rough.

Thanks!
Smokey


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 9 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 4 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Gemology Style ported to phpBB3 by Christian Bullock