Take any wire and apply a current to allow elctricity to flow between both ends and the resulting resistance will create heat. Lots of heat. Like glowing hot, wire-melting heat. Long before Thomas Edison‘s marketing prowess made incandescent lighting a must-have gadget the world over, this property was being perfected to peel back the darkness of the night. The key, as it turned out, was in the element of choice. Platinum and carbon were tried first but it didn’t take long to discover that tungsten, the metallic element with the highest melting point, was the perfect choice. Since that day who knows how many gajillion tungsten filaments have been made for this purpose.

And if you take that filament and let it grow fatter and fatter you might end up with a beautiful sparkling rod. This gorgeous keepsake makes for an impressive statement. Tungsten’s top tier density already commands the attention of science lovers everywhere. Now we give you the chance to own the metal in its most beautiful, crystalline form!

The rods we set at the center of these 5cm Lucite cubes are approximately 3x1cm and weigh 30 grams each.