Have you heard of "Detroit agate"? Maybe you are smart and wonder: Isn't Detroit the big city famous for its automobiles in the early 20th century? Where did the agate come from? Yes, Detroit agate is indeed not a natural mineral. Yet it looks colorful, like a gem. Whats going on~?
▼Guess where it came from?
It turns out that the cause of Detroit agate is the paint that was sprayed around when the car factory was making paint. These baking paints are subjected to high temperatures again and again, and are layered layer by layer, and finally become a large piece of hard and thick "Detroit Agate".
▼In this way, can you tell that they are car paint?
Detroit agate is also called "Fordite", which is a combination of the automobile manufacturer Ford and the suffix "-ite" commonly used in ores.
These Detroit agates almost have hundreds of layers, and it is not that easy to stack them up.
▼Let’s take a look at the pictures again! I really thought it was a gem if I didn't tell you.
But friends may also know that Detroits development is deteriorating. Factory relocation, poor security... After Detroit declared bankruptcy in 2013, it almost became an "abandoned city."
In addition to the fact that major automobile manufacturers no longer produce cars here, the new car painting technology has also been improved to "electrostatic adhesion". Coupled with the paint recycling device, Detroit Onyx has become a dead ringer!
▼Look carefully at those chip-like glosses, they are the glitter in the paint.
In addition to its unique appearance, "Detroit Agate" has also become one of the witnesses of human industrial development. If decades or centuries pass, one day the modern way of making cars will become history. But by then, maybe Detroit Onyx will remind people that there is such a thing...
