Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

Shigeharu Nakamura

Takashi Sakane

A crystallized glass article formed of discrete small bodies of crystallizable glass fusion-bonded together at their interfaces is characterized in that a first layer extending from the article surface to a predetermined depth is non-porous, a predetermined thickness of second layer connected to and beneath the first layer being porous. Each of the small bodies in the first layer has needle-like .beta.-wollastonite crystals extending from the surface of the body to the interior thereof in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the body. Accordingly the article is characterized by a surface pattern defined by small bodies due to the differences of orientation of needle-like .beta.-wollastonite crystals and by a reduced specific gravity.

Method of crystallizing a two layer glass article

A crystallized glass article having a surface pattern like granite, marble or other natural stones, which is formed of a crystallizable glass material and is characterized by the existence of numerous needle-like .beta.-wollastonite crystals in various directions in a surface layer of the article. The crystallized glass article is produced by a heat-treatment of collected small crystallizable glass masses.

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Otsu, Japan

Shigeharu Nakamura