Don’t say glass.

[Rebelxo]

Found these in a wash in Tucson Arizona. Very very thick. Flat on either side for all 3.Absolutely no bubbles or layers. Completely transparent. I’ll post exact size later but they basically cover the palm of my hand.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

Okay, I won't say it...but I'm thinking it. Flat on either side is the giveaway. Gary

 

[Eu_citzen]

I'm thinking a good start would be a hardness test with quartz, knife and a file if possible.

 

[Kray Gelder]

OK. Looks like a hard brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.

 

[Plumbata]

Honestly, they look like shards from the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) of an old television. Either dumped in the wash or used for target practice (very popular form of recycling here in WY ) is my guess.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Rebel, how far down the wash were you from a highway?

Reason I ask is when there's a wreck on the highway, the clean-up
crews often just sweep the remaining pieces of windshield off the road,
and they've been washed down that wash.

Mind you, this is just a WAG.

 

[Clay Diggins]

glass... sorry

 

[Rebelxo]

If the glass you are all speaking of is more than an inch thick, then you might be right. But I’ve never seen any non layered glass this thick. No where near a highway. Closer to the Catalina mountain range here.

 

[fuss]

What are you thinking it could be then?

If the glass you are all speaking of is more than an inch thick, then you might be right. But I’ve never seen any non layered glass this thick. No where near a highway. Closer to the Catalina mountain range here.

 

[Tpmetal]

If the glass you are all speaking of is more than an inch thick, then you might be right. But I’ve never seen any non layered glass this thick. No where near a highway. Closer to the Catalina mountain range here.

Sorry but looks like glass to me. Many reasons it could be that thick. From transporting for glass cullet, to architectural glass. Could be anything from a soda lime based glass to a lead crystal.

 

[trdking]

Im Like the old tv screen theory That glass is similar in color and very thick. The older the thicker. Could very well be art glass as well But it is most definitely glass

 

[IAMZIM]

I don't want to make you mad lol! But it looks like TV glass to me, from an old television, the thickness and the color of it look exactly like some I have found in old dumps. I have knapped some of it into points, because it's easy to work.

 

[niffler]

Agree, busted up television glass.

 

[lairmo]

GL*SS....there I didn't say it....
Come to think of it I NEVER say anything on here...I type it...OH yeah..probably glass....

 

[meMiner]

I would have kept a couple of them too, hoping for volcanic glass or something special, other than just plain old ... "say it"! ... glass. The old TV glass idea makes the most sense. I too have found strange man-made stuff in very remote locations, that make me scratch my head wondering how and why it got there.